{"product_id":"9789048146734","title":"Molyneux’s Problem Three Centuries of Discussion on the Perception of Forms","description":"\u003ch3\u003eInternational Archives of the History of Ideas Archives internationales d'histoire des idées\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003ch1\u003eMolyneux’s Problem\u003c\/h1\u003e\u003ch2\u003eThree Centuries of Discussion on the Perception of Forms\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003ch3\u003eM. Degenaar\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cb\u003ePhilosophy \/ History \u0026amp; Surveys \/ Modern\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cdiv\u003eSuppose 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? \u003cbr\u003e  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, Müller, 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.\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ctable\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublication Date: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e07 December 2010\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eSpringer Netherlands\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eImprint: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eSpringer\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eISBN-13: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e9789048146734\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eFormat: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePaperback \/ softback\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePage Count: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e154\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e","brand":"Springer Netherlands","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45378884501644,"sku":"9789048146734","price":98.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0710\/9545\/1788\/files\/9789048146734.jpg?v=1782426818","url":"https:\/\/fh90cf-fv.myshopify.com\/products\/9789048146734","provider":"Late Knight Books and Services, LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}