Philosophy Question from the 1600's

[Benton]

(05-25-2016, 11:15 AM)SteelCitySouth Wrote: This riddle was answered beginning in 2003.  The answer is no.  Those who had their sight restored, having been blind their entire life were not able to distigush between different object using sight alone.  It wasn't until they had used both senses over time were they able to then begin to be able to learn how to do this using sight alone.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Molyneux%27s_problem

Hmmmm...

Quote:

If, when a person born blind and only had tactile reference to distinguish between shapes such as a globe and a cube, sight were restored and without the use of touch, could the once blind person distinguish between the two shapes.

From your link:

Quote:Although after restoration of sight, the subjects could distinguish between objects visually almost as effectively as they would do by touch alone, they were unable to form the connection between an object

So... if the question was "could the once blind person distinguish between the two shapes" then the answer — according to the link — is, yes. Yes  they can.