Editing Problem of induction (section)

====Indian philosophy====
The [[Cārvāka]], a materialist and skeptic school of Indian philosophy, used the problem of induction to point out the flaws in using inference as a way to gain valid knowledge. They held that since inference needed an invariable connection between the middle term and the predicate, and further, that since there was no way to establish this invariable connection, that the efficacy of inference as a means of valid knowledge could never be stated.<ref>Dr. S. Radhakrishnan, ''Indian Philosophy'' Vol I, p. 279.</ref><ref>S. Dasgupta, ''A history of Indian philosophy'', Vol III. p. 533.</ref>

The 9th century Indian skeptic, [[Jayarāśi Bhaṭṭa|Jayarasi Bhatta]], also made an attack on inference, along with all means of knowledge, and showed by a type of reductio argument that there was no way to conclude universal relations from the observation of particular instances.<ref>Piotr Balcerowicz, [http://plato.stanford.edu/entries/jayaraasi/ "Jayarāśi"].</ref><ref>Franco, Eli, 1987, ''Perception, Knowledge and Disbelief: A Study of Jayarāśi's Scepticism.''</ref>