William Molyneux
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William Molyneux FRS was an Anglo-Irish writer and philosopher. He is noted as a close friend of fellow philosopher John Locke, and for proposing Molyneux's Problem, a thought experiment widely discus
Molyneux's tombstone in St. Audoen's, Dublin. It mentions his works The Case of Ireland and Dioptrica nova, his friendship with John Locke, and his son Samuel.
Plaque to Molyneux, at the site of the first DPS on Crow Street, Dublin
Sciothericum telescopicum, or A new contrivance of adapting a telescope to a horizontal dial for observing the moment of time by day or night, 1686
The University Philosophical Society, commonly known as The Phil, is a student paper-reading and debating society in Trinity College, Dublin, Ireland. Founded in 1683, it describes itself as the oldes
William Molyneux, founding member
Oscar Wilde, member of the society in the 19th century
The 1937 Reading Room, a memorial to members of the college who died during the First World War
The Graduates Memorial Building (G.M.B.) home to the University Philosophical Society since the beginning of the 20th century.