Lenore had been blind from birth.Immediately after corrective eye surgery,she could visually perceive figure-ground relationships.This fact would serve to support the position advanced by
A) Immanuel Kant.
B) Thomas Young.
C) Ewald Hering.
D) John Locke.

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Immanuel Kant argued that the ability to perceive the world in certain ways (such as understanding space and time) is innate, not acquired through experience. The fact that Lenore could immediately perceive figure-ground relationships after gaining sight supports Kant's view that some aspects of perception are built into the human mind, rather than learned through experience. John Locke, on the other hand, believed in tabula rasa, meaning the mind is a blank slate at birth and knowledge is gained through experience, which contrasts with the immediate perception abilities demonstrated by Lenore.

Lenore Had Been Blind from Birth