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21 March 2023

  • curprev 08:2508:25, 21 March 2023‎ Bacchus talk contribs‎ 1,485 bytes +1,485‎ Created page with "'''Molyneux’s question''', also known as '''Molyneux’s problem''', concerns the possibility that a person born blind might immediately identify a shape previously familiar to them only by touch if they were made to see. Through personal correspondence, William Molyneux initially presented this query to John Locke in 1688. Locke then interposed the question within the Second edition of his An Essay Concerning Human Understanding: {{Quote|“Suppose a Man born blind,..."
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