An attempt to bridge a historical gap between experimental psychology and philosophy (empiricism/enlightenment)

2013 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 23530951
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Section: 一般
• Research Field: Experimental psychology
• Research Institution: Niigata University
• Principal Investigator: SUZUKI KOTARO 新潟大学, 人文社会・教育科学系, 教授 (40179205)
• Project Period (FY): 2011 – 2013
• Keywords: モリヌー問題 / 倒立網膜像問題 / 空間知覚

Research Abstract

The purpose of this study is to clarify how modern experimental psychology took over philosophical questions on space perception posed by the 17th and 18th philosophers. The study shows that experimental psychologists in the 19th and 20th centuries managed to answer philosophical questions such as Molyneux's question and the inverted-retinal-image question through the research on recovery process after the operation in the congenital blind and the experiments on inverted vision.