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Why Hume's counterexample is insignificant and why it is not
British Journal for the History of Philosophy 17 (5):955 – 979 (2009)
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The idea of the missing shade of blue presents a difficulty for Hume's first principle that ‘all our simple ideas in their first appearance are deriv'd from simple impressions, which are correspond...Author's Profile
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An essay concerning human understanding.John Locke - 1689 - New York: Oxford University Press. Edited by Pauline Phemister.
The philosophical writings of Descartes.René Descartes - 1984 - New York: Cambridge University Press.
Enquiries concerning the human understanding and concerning the principles of morals.David Hume (ed.) - 1777 - Westport, Conn.: Greenwood Press.
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