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molyneux's problem

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.41 in modern English

Syllables
molyneux's prob-lem
IPA
34
Scrabble Score
16
Letters
2
Syllables
12
Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A thought experiment, asking, "if a man born blind can feel the differences between shapes such as spheres and cubes, could he, if given the ability to see, distinguish those objects by sight alone, in reference to the tactile schemata he already possessed?"

Etymology

First formulated by William Molyneux.

Questions

What does molyneux's problem mean?
A thought experiment, asking, "if a man born blind can feel the differences between shapes such as spheres and cubes, could he, if given the ability to see, distinguish those objects by sight alone, in reference to the tactile schemata he already possessed?"
Where does molyneux's problem come from?
First formulated by William Molyneux.

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