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Seeing with the hands : blindness, vision and touch after Descartes /

Through an unfolding historical, philosophical and literary narrative that includes Locke, Molyneux and Berkeley in Britain, and Diderot, Voltaire and Buffon in France, this book explores how the Molyneux Question and its aftermath has influenced attitudes towards blindness by the sighted, and senso...

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Main Author:	Paterson, Mark, 1972- (Author)
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, [2016]
Subjects:	Blind > History. Visual perception > History. Touch > History.

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