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 b
Presents a philosophically rich and diverse picture of Molyneux's famous puzzle. It will be of great interest to students and researchers in philosophy and the
The study of perception and the role of the senses have recently risen to prominence in philosophy and are now a major area of study and research. However, the
Imaginative cases, or what might be called puzzles and other thought experiments, play a central role in philosophy of mind. The real world also furnishes philo
Suppose 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