Lettre sur les aveugles à l’usage de ceux qui voient
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Lettre sur les aveugles à l’usage de ceux qui voient is an influential 1749 philosophical essay by Denis Diderot that uses the condition of blindness to explore perception, knowledge, and the nature of reality.
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| instanceOf |
literary work
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philosophical essay → |
| addressesAudience |
sighted readers
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| author |
Denis Diderot
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| centuryOfPublication |
18th century
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| countryOfOrigin |
France
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| explores |
how different sensory conditions shape concepts
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how knowledge depends on the senses → |
| focusesOn |
contrast between blind and sighted experience
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| form |
philosophical letter
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| genre |
epistolary essay
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| hasForm |
prose
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| historicalContext |
French Enlightenment
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| influenced |
Enlightenment debates on empiricism
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discussions of disability in philosophy → later philosophy of perception → |
| literaryPeriod |
French Enlightenment literature
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| mainTheme |
blindness
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epistemology → nature of reality → perception → sensory experience → |
| notableConcept |
critique of metaphysical certainty
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limits of human knowledge → relationship between sensation and understanding → relativity of perception → |
| notableFor |
challenge to traditional metaphysics through sensory variation
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early exploration of disability as philosophical resource → influence on later discussions of relativism of experience → |
| originalLanguage |
French
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| philosophicalApproach |
empiricism
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materialism → |
| philosophicalDiscipline |
philosophy of mind
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philosophy of perception → theory of knowledge → |
| philosophicalMovement |
Enlightenment
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| publicationYear |
1749
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| relatedWorkByAuthor |
Lettre sur les sourds et muets
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| titleTranslation |
Letter on the Blind for the Use of Those Who See
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| usesAsExample |
condition of blindness
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Denis Diderot
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Lettre sur les aveugles à l’usage de ceux qui voient
("Lettre sur les sourds et muets")
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Lettre sur les aveugles à l’usage de ceux qui voient
("Letter on the Blind for the Use of Those Who See")
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titleTranslation |