Two visual systems in Molyneux subjects

• Published in: Phenomenology and the cognitive sciences Vol. 17; no. 4; pp. 643 - 679
• Main Author: Ferretti, Gabriele
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Dordrecht Springer Netherlands 01.09.2018
• Subjects: Cognitive Psychology; Education; Phenomenology; Philosophy; Philosophy of Mind; The two visual systems model; Action; Molyneux’s puzzle; Cortical blindness; Visual object recognition; Vision; Ocular blindness; Visual agnosia; Optic ataxia; Automatic visuomotor processing

Molyneux’s question famously asks about whether a newly sighted subject might immediately recognize, by sight alone, shapes that were already familiar to her from a tactile point of view. This paper addresses three crucial points concerning this puzzle. First, (a) the presence of two different quest...