5. Which of the following is an illustration of Hume\'s view of induction? (a) E

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5. Which of the following is an illustration of Hume's view of induction? (a) Even if every time we have thrown a coin (by hand) up in the air we have seen it fall back down to the ground, we are not justified in believing that it will fall down next time we throw it up in the air (b) Even if every time we have computed the sum 2+9 we got the result 11, we are not justified in (c) Even if all the bachelors we have encountered so far in the world are unmarried, we are not (d) Even if all the planets and the sun were revolving around the earth and the earth was still, we believing that next time we compute it we will get 11 justified in believing that the next bachelor we meet is unmarried would not be justified in believing that the planets and the sun are moving around the earth because of the relativity of motion (e) If we have exactly one black pebble and two white pebbles in a bag, and extract exactly one white pebble from the bag, the probability that the next pebble extracted is white 15%

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Ans: (e)

Hume’s view about induction is – “the process of inferring things about the future on the basis of facts about the past. “

Among the given options, option (e) is the one which depicts this principle.

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