Dealing with the problem of induction

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What is Lewis Carroll's suggestion for dealing with the problem of induction?

a He says that it is fine to be irrational about science

b he says that the principle of the uniformity of nature isn't a premise. It's a rule of reasoning, so we don't have to justify it

c he says that there are some things that we can know without having to learn them through experience

d he says that we can prove that the future will be like the past.

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