| dc.contributor.author | Lobo, Lorena | |
| dc.contributor.author | Heras-Escribano, Manuel | |
| dc.contributor.author | de Paz, Carlos | |
| dc.contributor.author | Travieso, David | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2024-01-03T16:11:48Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2024-01-03T16:11:48Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2023 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12226/1923 | |
| dc.description.abstract | Molyneux’s Problem refers to a thought experiment that goes as follows: if a person with
congenital blindness, capable of recognizing a sphere and a cube by touch, were to recover
his sight, would he be able to visually recognize both? The problem is philosophical, and up
to date empirical attempts to solve it are not conclusive.
In this poster we offer a theoretical analysis of the problem, and we propose a
methodological approach to the empirical treatment of the problem from an ecological
perspective. In order to achieve this objective, we propose an experiment in which the
participants will have to carry out an object recognition task similar to the one proposed by
Molyneux in the original problem but, instead of using vision, they will use a vibrotactile
device with which they will not have any prior experience. This experiment will allow us to
test a "reverse Molyneux".
In this sense, what we offer is a methodological reconstruction of the Molyneux’s problem to
transform it into an empirical problem, despite its own limitations when it was conceived as a
thought or philosophical experiment. We argue that this can only be done by applying an
ecological approach to the problem. | es |
| dc.description.sponsorship | Fundación BBVA | es |
| dc.language.iso | es | es |
| dc.title | An Ecological Approach to Molyneux’s Problem | es |
| dc.type | conferenceObject | es |
| dc.description.course | 2023-24 | es |
| dc.identifier.conferenceObject | International Conference on Perception and Action ICPA2023 | es |
| dc.publisher.department | Departamento de Psicología y Salud | es |
| dc.publisher.faculty | Facultad de Ciencias de la Salud y de la Educación | es |
| dc.relation.projectID | ECOCONCEPT | es |
| dc.rights.accessRights | openAccess | es |
| dc.subject.keyword | Molyneux Problem | es |
| dc.subject.keyword | Sensory Substitution | es |