Sensory Signs: Perception and Passion in Eliza Haywood's Fantomina

This paper argues that Eliza Haywoodâs Fantomina inverts the sensory thought experiment known as the Molyneux problem. Haywood establishes a clear distinction between different types of sensory perception in Fantomina and insists upon the inefficacy of the individual senses to reliably transmit know...

Full description

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Mullins, Katherine
Other Authors: Jonathan Lamb
Format: Others
Language:en
Published: VANDERBILT 2016
Subjects:
Online Access:http://etd.library.vanderbilt.edu/available/etd-11182016-234315/