eprintid: 1474020 rev_number: 24 eprint_status: archive userid: 608 dir: disk0/01/47/40/20 datestamp: 2016-01-19 17:29:09 lastmod: 2021-09-26 22:45:27 status_changed: 2016-01-19 17:29:09 type: article metadata_visibility: show creators_name: Cheng, T title: Obstacles to Testing Molyneux's Question Empirically ispublished: pub divisions: UCL divisions: B04 divisions: C05 keywords: Molyneux question, blind subjects, movement, raised-line drawings, amodal representation, touch note: Creative Commons CC-BY: This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License (http://www.creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/) which permits any use, reproduction and distribution of the work without further permission provided the original work is attributed as specified on the SAGE and Open Access pages (http://www.uk. sagepub.com/aboutus/openaccess.htm). abstract: There have recently been various empirical attempts to answer Molyneux’s question, for example, the experiments undertaken by the Held group. These studies, though intricate, have encountered some objections, for instance, from Schwenkler, who proposes two ways of improving the experiments. One is ‘‘to re-run [the] experiment with the stimulus objects made to move, and/ or the subjects moved or permitted to move with respect to them’’ (p. 94), which would promote three dimensional or otherwise viewpoint-invariant representations. The other is ‘‘to use geometrically simpler shapes, such as the cube and sphere in Molyneux’s original proposal, or planar figures instead of three-dimensional solids’’ (p. 188). Connolly argues against the first modification but agrees with the second. In this article, I argue that the second modification is also problematic (though still surmountable), and that both Schwenkler and Connolly are too optimistic about the prospect of addressing Molyneux’s question empirically. date: 2015 date_type: published official_url: http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/2041669515599330 oa_status: green full_text_type: pub language: eng primo: open primo_central: open_green verified: verified_manual elements_id: 1096384 doi: 10.1177/2041669515599330 lyricists_name: Cheng, Tsu-Jui lyricists_id: TCHEN53 actors_name: Gibson, Alice actors_id: AGIBS47 actors_role: owner full_text_status: public publication: i-Perception volume: 6 number: 4 issn: 2041-6695 citation: Cheng, T; (2015) Obstacles to Testing Molyneux's Question Empirically. i-Perception , 6 (4) 10.1177/2041669515599330 <https://doi.org/10.1177/2041669515599330>. Green open access document_url: https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/1474020/1/i-Perception-2015-Cheng-.pdf