Molyneux

Author : M. Degenaar
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 153 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 2007-08-26
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9780585284248

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Molyneux’s Problem by M. Degenaar Pdf

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 the faculty of sight. Will he be able to distinguish both objects by sight and to say which is the sphere and which the cube? This was the question which the Irish politician and scientist William Molyneux posed in 1688 to John Locke. Molyneux's question has intrigued a wide variety of intellectuals for three centuries. Those who have attempted to solve it include Berkeley, Reid, Leibniz, Voltaire, La Mettrie, Condillac, Diderot, Müller, Helmholtz, William James and Gareth Evans. This book is the first comprehensive survey of the history of the discussion about Molyneux's problem. It will be of interest to historians of both philosophy and psychology.

Author : Gabriele Ferretti,Brian Glenney
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 456 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 2020-09-15
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9780429670459

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Molyneux’s Question and the History of Philosophy by Gabriele Ferretti,Brian Glenney Pdf

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 born blind, and able to distinguish a globe and a cube by touch, be able to immediately distinguish and name these shapes by sight if given the ability to see? The philosophical puzzle offered in Molyneux’s letter fascinated not only Locke, but major thinkers such as Leibniz, Berkeley, Diderot, Reid, and numerous others including psychologists and cognitive scientists today. Does such a question represent a philosophical puzzle or a problem that can be solved by experimental tests? Can vision be fully restored after blindness? What is the relation between vision and touch? Are the senses linked through learning or bound at birth? Molyneux’s Question and the History of Philosophy is a major collection of essays that explore the long-standing issues Molyneux’s problem presents to philosophy of mind, perception and the senses. In addition, the volume considers the question from an interdisciplinary angle, examines the pre-history of the question, and aspects of it that have been ignored, such as perspectives from religion and disability. As such, Molyneux’s Question and the History of Philosophy presents a set of philosophically rich, empirically informed, and scientifically rigorous original investigations into this famous puzzle. It will be of great interest to students and researchers in philosophy, psychology, and the cognitive sciences including neuroscience, neurobiology and ophthalmology, as well as those studying the mind, perception and the senses.

Author : John Molyneux
Publisher : Haymarket Books
Page : 241 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 2020-08-04
Category : Art
ISBN : 9781642592139

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The Dialectics of Art by John Molyneux Pdf

To the question of &lquo;what is art?&rquo;, it is often simply responded that art is whatever is produced by the artist. For John Molyneux, this clearly circular answer is deeply unsatisfying. In a tour de force spanning renaissance Italy and the Dutch Republic to contemporary leading figures, The Dialectics of Art instead approaches its subject matter as a distinct field of creative human labour that emerges alongside and in opposition to the alienation and commodification brought about by capitalism. The pieces and individuals Molyneux examines — from Michelangelo’s Slaves to Rembrandts Jewish Bride to the vast drip paintings of Jackson Pollock – are presented as embodying the social contradictions of their times, giving art an inherently political relevance. In its relationship of creative and dialectical tension to prevailing social relationships and norms, such art points beyond the existing order of things, hinting at a potential future society not based on alienated labour in which creative production becomes the property and practice of all.

Author : New Zealand. Parliament. House of Representatives
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 704 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 1892
Category : New Zealand
ISBN : UCAL:C2685971

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Appendix to the Journals of the House of Representatives of New Zealand by New Zealand. Parliament. House of Representatives Pdf

Author : Nellie Zada Rice Molyneux
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 390 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 1904
Category : Electronic
ISBN : WISC:89061979829

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History, Genealogical and Biographical, of the Molyneux Families by Nellie Zada Rice Molyneux Pdf

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 588 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 1892
Category : Electronic
ISBN : BSB:BSB11455975

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British Museum Catalogue of printed Books by Anonim Pdf

Author : Derek Molyneux,Darren Kelly
Publisher : Mercier Press Ltd
Page : 523 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 2020-09-04
Category : History
ISBN : 9781781177563

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Killing at its Very Extreme by Derek Molyneux,Darren Kelly Pdf

Killing at its Very Extreme takes the reader to the heart of Dublin from October 1917 to November 1920, effectively the first phase of Dublin's War of Independence. It details pivotal aspects at the outset, then the ramping up of the intelligence war, the upsurge in raids and assassinations. Vividly depicting mass hunger-strikes, general strikes, prison escapes, and ruthless executions by the full-time IRA 'Squad', amid curfews and the functioning of an audacious alternative government. Intensity builds as the reader is embedded into Commandant Dick McKee's Dublin Brigade to witness relentless actions and ambushes. The authors' unprecedented access lays bare many myths about key players from both sides. The tempo escalates with deployment of the notorious Black and Tans and Auxiliaries, as well as a host of cunning political and propaganda ploys. Desperate plights and horrific reprisals are portrayed, the effects of mass sectarian pogroms and killings. Tthe sacking of Balbriggan, the killing of Seán Treacy, the death of Terence MacSwiney, and the capture and execution of teenager Kevin Barry. As in the authors' previous works the pulsating tension, elation, fear, desperation, hunger, the mercy and the enmity leap from the pages. The harrowing circumstances suffered by those whose sacrifices laid the bedrock for modern Ireland, and whose own words form the book's primary sources, are recounted in unflinching detail.

Author : William Molyneux
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 56 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 1749
Category : Ireland
ISBN : OXFORD:N11658840

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The Case of Ireland's Being Bound by Acts of Parliament in England Stated by William Molyneux Pdf

Author : Church of England. Diocese of Chester,Church of England. Diocese of Chester. Bishop (1777-1787 : Porteus)
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 280 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 1889
Category : Inventories of decedents' estates
ISBN : IND:30000077508905

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An Index to the Wills and Inventories Now Preserved in the Court of Probate, at Chester by Church of England. Diocese of Chester,Church of England. Diocese of Chester. Bishop (1777-1787 : Porteus) Pdf

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 278 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 1889
Category : Cheshire (England)
ISBN : UCLA:L0063767974

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Record Society for the Publication of Original Documents Relating to Lancashire and Cheshire by Anonim Pdf

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 282 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 1889
Category : Electronic
ISBN : NYPL:33433075897300

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Publications by Anonim Pdf

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 310 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 1887
Category : Electronic
ISBN : BSB:BSB11481179

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Report by Anonim Pdf

Author : Great Britain. Royal Commission on Historical Manuscripts
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 320 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 1887
Category : Great Britain
ISBN : PSU:000046877635

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Reports by Great Britain. Royal Commission on Historical Manuscripts Pdf

Author : Great Britain. Parliament. House of Lords
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 712 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 1887
Category : Great Britain
ISBN : HARVARD:32044090358318

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The Manuscripts of the House of Lords 1678[-1693] ... by Great Britain. Parliament. House of Lords Pdf

Author : Great Britain. Royal Commission on Historical Manuscripts
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 318 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 1887
Category : Great Britain
ISBN : OXFORD:N14284725

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Eleventh Report by Great Britain. Royal Commission on Historical Manuscripts Pdf