Perception and Cross-Modal Grounding (Molyneux Demoted)
MRC-01
structural canonical
mind consciousness self agency
External: philosophical foundational debate
τ response: recovery checkpoint
Can a person born blind, on regaining sight, immediately recognize by sight objects previously known only by touch? More structurally: how is cross-modal perceptual grounding established in a unified mind?
Current τ response
See the paired Perception and Cross-Modal Grounding (Molyneux Demoted) — Challenge Response on the Results lane for the program's current response status, registry evidence, verification route, and external-review boundary.
Current status: recovery checkpoint.
Challenge statement
Can a person born blind, on regaining sight, immediately recognize by sight objects previously known only by touch? More structurally: how is cross-modal perceptual grounding established in a unified mind?
Why this challenge is in the ledger
Demoted from canonical M-E3 challenge to recovery checkpoint per briefing 03 §4.2. Historically important but too specific for the canonical structural ledger.
Demoted from canonical M-E3 challenge to recovery checkpoint per briefing 03 §4.2. Historically important but too specific for the canonical structural ledger.
τ-facing burden
Treat Molyneux as a recovery checkpoint for cross-modal perception and unified consciousness rather than as a load-bearing E3 structural test.
First reviewer questions
- Does τ produce extensional results for perception and cross-modal grounding (molyneux demoted)?
- Are the τ register routings genuinely informative or merely renaming?
- What external philosophical review would settle the open questions?
Source anchors
Source anchors are background references, not endorsements of Panta Rhei claims.