Full Idea
If one believes, as Hume did, that all events are loose and separate, then the problem of induction is probably insoluble.
Gist of Idea
If events are unconnected, then induction cannot be solved
Source
Brian Ellis (Scientific Essentialism [2001], 8.09)
Book Reference
Ellis,Brian: 'Scientific Essentialism' [CUP 2007], p.283
A Reaction
This points to the essentialist solution of induction - that we can genuinely derive inductive truths if we can inductively identify the essences which give rise to the necessities of further cases. I take that to be a correct account.