The skeptical arguments against realism i

inductive skepticism

pp. 7-36

in: John Wright, An epistemic foundation for scientific realism, Berlin, Springer, 2018

Abstract

Our aim is to show how we can have good reasons for claims about the unobservable, theoretical claims made by science. But: there are objections to the thesis that we can have such reasons. The aim of the early chapters of this book is to critically evaluate those objections. In this chapter we will only be concerned with one of the objections: Humean skepticism about induction.