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Molyneux's question and the history of philosophy / edited by Gabriele Ferretti and Brian Glenney.
- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- Routledge handbooks
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Molyneux, William, 1656-1698.
- Molyneux, William.
- Perception (Philosophy).
- Philosophy, Modern--18th century.
- Philosophy, Modern.
- Visual perception--History.
- Visual perception.
- Touch--History.
- Touch.
- History.
- Genre:
- History.
- Electronic books.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource
- Place of Publication:
- Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, 2020.
- System Details:
- text file
- Biography/History:
- Gabriele Ferretti is a NOMIS Fellow at the Eikones- Center for the Theory and History of the Image at the University of Basel, Switzerland. Brian Glenney is Assistant Professor in the Philosophy Program at Norwich University, USA. He is co-editor of The Senses and the History of Philosophy (Routledge, 2019).
- Summary:
- "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 present 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"-- Provided by publisher.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on print version record and CIP data provided by publisher; resource not viewed.
- Other Format:
- Print version: Molyneux's question and the history of philosophy
- ISBN:
- 9780429020377
- 0429020376
- 9780429671944
- 0429671946
- 9780429670459
- 0429670451
- 9780429668968
- 0429668961
- OCLC:
- 1149237239
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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