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Molyneux's Question and the History of Philosophy (Hardcover)
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Molyneux's Question and the History of Philosophy (Hardcover)
Series: Rewriting the History of Philosophy
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In 1688 the Irish scientist and politician William Molyneux sent a
letter to the philosopher John Locke. In it, he asked him a
question: could someone who was born blind, and able to distinguish
a globe and a cube by touch, be able to immediately distinguish and
name these shapes by sight if given the ability to see? The
philosophical puzzle offered in Molyneux's letter fascinated not
only Locke, but major thinkers such as Leibniz, Berkeley, Diderot,
Reid, and numerous others including psychologists and cognitive
scientists today. Does such a question represent a philosophical
puzzle or a problem that can be solved by experimental tests? Can
vision be fully restored after blindness? What is the relation
between vision and touch? Are the senses linked through learning or
bound at birth? Molyneux's Question and the History of Philosophy
is a major collection of essays that explore the long-standing
issues Molyneux's problem presents to philosophy of mind,
perception and the senses. In addition, the volume considers the
question from an interdisciplinary angle, examines the pre-history
of the question, and aspects of it that have been ignored, such as
perspectives from religion and disability. As such, Molyneux's
Question and the History of Philosophy presents a set of
philosophically rich, empirically informed, and scientifically
rigorous original investigations into this famous puzzle. It will
be of great interest to students and researchers in philosophy,
psychology, and the cognitive sciences including neuroscience,
neurobiology and ophthalmology, as well as those studying the mind,
perception and the senses.
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