Mr.Watkins had been blind from birth.Although corrective eye surgery enabled him to see,he was unable to visually distinguish a spoon from a key.This fact would serve to support the position advanced by
A) Immanuel Kant.
B) Gestalt psychologists.
C) John Locke.
D) Hermann von Helmholtz.

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John Locke argued that our knowledge comes from sensation and reflection, and that we are born with a blank slate or "tabula rasa" that is filled with experience. The fact that Mr. Watkins, who was blind from birth, was unable to visually distinguish common objects supports Locke's theory that knowledge and perception are acquired through experience, rather than innate.

MrWatkins Had Been Blind from Birth