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14. Science / C. Induction / 4. Reason in Induction

3251	Observed regularities are only predictable if we assume hidden necessity [Nagel]
	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.
	From: Thomas Nagel (The View from Nowhere [1986], V.5)