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OverviewSuppose 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. Full Product DetailsAuthor: M. DegenaarPublisher: 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: 9789048146734ISBN 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  The supplier is temporarily out of stock of this item. It will be ordered for you on backorder and shipped when it becomes available. Table of ContentsMolyneux’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.ReviewsAuthor InformationTab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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