 Investigating how the different positions correlate with the answers given to Molyneux’s question, one can conclude as follows. Empiricists such as Molyneux, Locke and Berkeley answered in the negative. More rationalist philosophers such as Synge, Lee and Leibniz gave an affirmative answer. There was no unanimous solution, amongst others because Molyneux’s problem was interpreted in different ways. Some philosophers thought that the man born blind had to answer directly, while others were of the opinion that he should be able to make use of his memory and reason, and that he should be at liberty to view all sides of the objects by walking around them. Some philosophers believed that the question implied that the man should be told in advance that he would be presented with a globe and cube, whereas others thought that he should not be provided with this information.