Did Popper solve Hume's problem?

@article{Lindh1993DidPS,
  title={Did Popper solve Hume's problem?},
  author={Allan Goddard Lindh},
  journal={Nature},
  year={1993},
  volume={366},
  pages={105-106}
}
  • A. Lindh
  • Published 1 November 1993
  • Philosophy
  • Nature
How do we know the Sun will rise tomorrow? Hume's concern raises two questions: the problem of empirical inference was solved in this century by Popper; an approach to the stability of nature in time is outlined here. 
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