The Hypothetical Question of Whether a Man Who Was Blind

question 51

Multiple Choice

The hypothetical question of whether a man who was blind from birth but suddenly granted the gift of sight would immediately be able to distinguish a sphere from a cube without touching them was posed to Locke by__________,whose answer was __________.

• A) Thomas Willis; no he could not
• B) Gottfried Leibniz; yes he could
• C) Gottfried Leibniz; no he could not
• D) William Molyneux; no he could not

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