Inductive and deductive practices

If the problem of induction is that we can't articulate a justification
of our inductive practices that doesn't presuppose the validity of
those practises, isn't there a parallel problem for deduction? i.e. we
must presuppose the validity of deductive inferences in order to
justify them, if we even bother to justify them at all.

So either you give them a circular justification or no justification.
Either way their validity is presupposed.

Isn't that something of a problem? And if it isn't, then why is it a
problem for induction?

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