Sequential Thought

Is David Hume’s theory of sequential thought really based on resemblance or cause and effect? I believe so. If we look at a sequential pattern that has missing information we automatically fill in the gap because we expect it to be there even when it is not present. Hume’s missing shade theory in Section 2, paragraph 16 demonstrates how this missing shade phenomenon actual shows flaw within the human mind. The idea is that our mind has developed a habit of relying on visual stimulation and through that stimuli recognition, which then leaves an impression that is based from sequences of experiential memory. Being accustomed to this process we don’t realize that it is possible to have a missing color, shade, or even numbers in the middle. We assume the logical approach is to have a middle section be the bridge which joins the before and after in a sequence.