Hume claims that we can't justify induction by appeal to reason or logic because
A. the principle that the future will resemble the past doesn't logically follow from any more basic principle.
B. that would assume what we're trying to prove.
C. that would be a fallacious appeal to authority.
D. the principle that the future will resemble the past is self-contradictory.
Answer: A
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