Abstract
Pace Perry, wondering whether perceived things are identical is thinking about them, for Hume, with no thought
of perceptions of them. Hume is not a proto-Fregean; Hume's Difficulty is not a version of Frege's Puzzle. Pace
Falkenstein, wondering about an identity is not wondering whether clearly distinct things--stages, surfaces,
names--are connected in some way. Pace Garrett, wondering about the identity of an observed object is
wondering whether it is really one or two things, not whether there is one F or two Fs. Second, Humean
consciousness is apperception, not immediate awareness. Third, Hume finds nothing with epistemic merit.