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Molyneux's problem

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モリニュ問題:哲学における思考実験。生まれつき盲目の人が、触覚で認識することのできる異なる形状(例えば球体や立方体など)の物体を、視覚を得た上で触覚の記憶に基づいて視覚だけで識別できるかどうかを問いかける問題。
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哲学のゼミで、彼女は感覚知覚や触覚と視覚の関係を探るために、生まれつき盲目の人が触って球と立方体を区別できるなら、視力を得た際に視覚だけでそれらを識別できるかを問う思考実験について丸一回の講義を捧げた。

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(philosophy) 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?

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Molyneux's problem

In his philosophy seminar, she devoted an entire lecture to Molyneux's problem to explore sensory perception and the relation between touch and sight.

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In his philosophy seminar, she devoted an entire lecture to Molyneux's problem to explore sensory perception and the relation between touch and sight.

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