Molyneux's problem and nonconceptual content

Molyneux's problem presents an interesting challenge for contemporary philosophy of mind. It brings about important questions concerning the way we represent space in experience, the way in which sensory modalities are integrated and the meaning of spatial concepts. Gareth Evans (1985) presents a positive answer to Molyneux's problem, claiming that space is presented in experience in a non-conceptual manner, and that such presentation endows spatial concepts with meaning. John Campbell criticizes Evans' posture appealing to some constraints on the concept of experience, to claim that non-conceptual content cannot be taken as the content of experience. In this paper I will introduce a notion of non-conceptual content based on Adrian Cussins' interpretation of Evans' work. Then, I will use this notion of non-conceptual content to suggest some escape routes from Campbell's criticisms. At the end, I will try to show which is the real scope of Campbell's criticisms and how, anyway, a notion of non-conceptual content could be important to explain our conception of space in experience.