" The Missing Shade of Blue " is an example introduced by the Scottish philosopher David Hume to show that it is at least conceivable that the mind can generate an idea without first being …

Hume's discussion of the missing shade of blue shows that he does not accept such a theory of perception, but it is not easy to find a clear state- ment of his positive views on these matters.

Sep 2, 2014 · The existence of the idea of a missing shade of blue contradicts Hume’s Copy Principle that simple ideas all derive from antecedent simple impressions. But he dismisses …

The suggestion here is that, for Hume, simple ideas can resemble each other in various degrees without compromising their simplicity. Because of this, the system of colors forms a space in …

Oct 20, 2025 · But there’s a famous passage in Hume’s work that seems to undermine his own argument: the missing shade of blue. Hume’s empiricist epistemology distinguishes between …

The issues of why Hume is confident that the imagination can fill in a missing shade of blue when a person is presented with all shades of blue except one, and why he is completely …

Suppose, therefore, a person to have enjoyed his sight for thirty years, and to have become perfectly acquainted with colours of all kinds except one particular shade of blue, for instance, …

This paper provides support for the unorthodox view that Hume’s simple ideas are most fruitfully understood as theoretical posits by showing that adopting this interpretation solves a lingering …

I shall analyse Hume's 'missing shade of blue' thought experiment in an attempt to develop an abstraction of the phenomenon it relates, which I will expand upon and utilise for my …

" The Missing Shade of Blue " is an example introduced by the Scottish philosopher David Hume to show that it is at least conceivable that the mind can generate an idea without first being …