05-24-2016, 04:59 PM
(05-24-2016, 11:32 AM)SteelCitySouth Wrote: 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.
The roots of the question are older than 1600's. Is a variation of Plato's "Allegory of the Cave".
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