If A Blind Man Can Suddenly See, Would He Be Able to Distinguish Objects by Sight Alone?
In 1688, Irish scientist William Molyneux asked philosopher John Locke “if a man born blind can feel the differences between shapes such as spheres and cubes, could he similarly distinguish those objects by sight if given the ability to see?”
That philosophical thought experiment, called Molyneux’s Problem, stood for centuries until MIT researchers Richard Held and [...]
