Molyneux’s Problem: Three Centuries of Discussion on the Perception of Forms
Author:   M. Degenaar
Publisher:   Springer
Edition:   Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1996
Volume:   147
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9789048146734


Pages:   154
Publication Date:   07 December 2010
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Molyneux’s Problem: Three Centuries of Discussion on the Perception of Forms


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Suppose that a congenitally blind person has learned to distinguish and name a sphere and a cube by touch alone. Then imagine that this person suddenly recovers the faculty of sight. Will he be able to distinguish both objects by sight and to say which is the sphere and which the cube? This was the question which the Irish politician and scientist William Molyneux posed in 1688 to John Locke. Molyneux's question has intrigued a wide variety of intellectuals for three centuries. Those who have attempted to solve it include Berkeley, Reid, Leibniz, Voltaire, La Mettrie, Condillac, Diderot, Muller, Helmholtz, William James and Gareth Evans. This book is the first comprehensive survey of the history of the discussion about Molyneux's problem. It will be of interest to historians of both philosophy and psychology.

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Author:   M. Degenaar
Publisher:   Springer
Imprint:   Springer
Edition:   Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1996
Volume:   147
Dimensions:   Width: 15.20cm , Height: 0.80cm , Length: 22.90cm
Weight:   0.454kg
ISBN:  

9789048146734


ISBN 10:   9048146739
Pages:   154
Publication Date:   07 December 2010
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Out of stock   Availability explained
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Table of Contents

Molyneux’s Problem.- Philosophical Discussions in the Eighteenth Century.- The First Experimental Data.- Empirical Approaches in the Nineteenth Century.- Modern Approaches.- Molyneux’s Problem in Retrospect.

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