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Discussion 11: Hume
David Hume writes "Let all the different shades of blue except that single one be placed before him, descending gradually from the deepest to the lightest. Obviously, he will perceive a blank ·in the sequence· where that shade is missing, and will be aware that the qualitative gap between neighbours is greater at that place than anywhere else in the sequence. Now I ask: Can he fill this gap from his own imagination, raising up in his mind the idea of that particular shade, even though ·an impression of· it had never been conveyed to him by his senses? I think most people will agree that he can" (pg 3). Does this admission by Hume raise a problem for his strict empiricism? Why or why not?
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