Unsolved Phillosophical Questions, Take One!

[Sithdarth]

(2) the only way to show that nature is uniform is by using induction.

Look up Noether's Theorem. Conservation laws imply uniformity. Because we can do the same experiment at different times and get the same result we know energy is conserved and the sun will not disappear. Similar things can be said for the Earth continuing to rotate and orbit the Sun. Same thing applies to that iceberg. We know water ice under ambient atmospheric conditions is cold and we know the inherent symmetries of the Universe we know it will be cold in the Arctic.

The problem with philosophers is they generally discuss things as if physics never advanced beyond the late dark ages.