Full Idea
The atomicity of Humean events ensures the sequential independence of properties, ...and this in turn leads to the Humean problem of induction.
Gist of Idea
Hume's atomic events makes properties independent, and leads to problems with induction
Source
Harré,R./Madden,E.H. (Causal Powers [1975], 6.IV)
Book Reference
Harré,R/Madden,E.H.: 'Causal Powers: A Theory of Natural Necessity' [Blackwell 1975], p.110
A Reaction
This strikes me as pretty good analysis of what has gone wrong with the Humean account. As far as I can see, the 'problem' of induction just doesn't occur in scientific essentialism.
Related Idea
Idea 15269 Humean impressions are too instantaneous and simple to have structure or relations [Harré/Madden]