For him the argument from the best explanation is an inductive argument...

For him the argument from the best explanation is an inductive argument, and Hume had argued that inductive knowledge and causation is not possible. Hume rejected all theological works and claimed that they fail certain philosophical tests. He contended that metaphysical knowledge was not possible by either abstract or experimental reasoning. The problem of induction argues that it is impossible to make a justified inference from the observed to the unobserved.

This is applicable to all such inferences. An example of such an inference is the following: we observe that "the sun rises everyday and has risen…