Single Idea 3251

[catalogued under 14. Science / C. Induction / 4. Reason in Induction]

Full Idea

Observed regularities provide reason to believe that they will be repeated only to the extent that they provide evidence of hidden necessary connections, which hold timelessly.

Gist of Idea

Observed regularities are only predictable if we assume hidden necessity

Source

Thomas Nagel (The View from Nowhere [1986], V.5)

Book Reference

Nagel,Thomas: 'The View from Nowhere' [OUP 1989], p.84