Full Idea
Hume's sceptical problem of induction could not have arisen much before 1660, for there was no concept of inductive evidence in terms of which to raise it.
Gist of Idea
The idea of inductive evidence, around 1660, made Hume's problem possible
Source
report of David Hume (Treatise of Human Nature [1739]) by Ian Hacking - The Emergence of Probability Cont 19
Book Reference
Hacking,Ian: 'The Emergence of Probability' [CUP 1975], p.-1
A Reaction
Hacking is the expert, but Ideas 1683 and 1886 suggest there was some thinking on the problem in the ancient world. The worry about whether the future would be like the past must occasionally have bothered someone.
Related Ideas
Idea 1683 We learn universals from many particulars [Aristotle]
Idea 1886 If you don't view every particular, you may miss the one which disproves your universal induction [Sext.Empiricus]