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Molyneux's problem: a standalone construct

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Philosophy of mind

question whether a person born blind who gains sight could visually recognize shapes previously known only by touch, tested in newly sighted patients.

In philosophy of mind, Molyneux's problem refers to question whether a person born blind who gains sight could visually recognize shapes previously known only by touch, tested in newly sighted patients. This meaning comes from Held (2011) in Nature Neuroscience.[1]

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Held, R., Ostrovsky, Y., de Gelder, B., Gandhi, T., Ganesh, S., Mathur, U., & Sinha, P. (2011). The newly sighted fail to match seen with felt. Nature Neuroscience, 14(5), 551-553. https://doi.org/10.1038/nn.2795

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