Can somebody explain the "thought experiment" about the tree …
网页2020年5月15日 · If a tree falls in a forest and no one is around to hear it, does it make a sound? Of course it does, assuming that there is no freak occurrence like the wind blowing in just the right direction for it to silently fall down. In general, yes, it will make a sound, regardless of whether anyone or anything is around to hear it.
Kant's Take on "If a Tree Falls in a Forest, Does it Make a Sound?"
网页2016年5月9日 · For Kant, a tree falling in a forest will make a sound in so far as every necessary condition for it making a sound has been given. In the Critique of Pure Reason , he generally extends both causality and the principle of sufficient reason to all possible experience (A195/B240 [1] and A201/B246 [2])[*] such that, for any possible event, it's ...
Do objects exist as the way we think they do even when nobody …
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What are some examples of solved philosophical problems?
网页If a tree falls in a forest, and there's no one around, does it make a sound? (ans: we can dissolve this question by drilling down into what you mean by "sound". Alfred may think sound is the compressed airwaves that emanate from the tree, and Shirley may think that sound is the neural state when a human brain processes certain electrical signals).
Are there several types of mind-independence?
网页2024年6月19日 · If a tree falls in the forest when no one is around, does it make a sound? This question is asked to highlight that the word 'sound' has two meanings, that is, it is polysemous. One meaning of 'sound' is the auditory experience we and presumably others have. The second meaning is the compaction and rarefaction of …
Is it possible for something perfect to be created by humans?
网页So getting back to the original question, the answer is yes humans can create something perfect, but it won't stay perfect forever. Share. Improve this answer. answered Nov 17, 2013 at 3:03. Adam Johnson.
Can 'Nothing Exist before we measure it'? - Philosophy Stack …
网页6. Bohr famously said in relation to quantum systems: Nothing exists until we measure it. This can't be right, for how can we measure Nothing, something that doesn't exist. It seems it must come into existence just prior to our measurement. But this means the quantum system must anticipate our measurement - which also sounds bizarre.
What makes things real? - Philosophy Stack Exchange
网页2019年9月7日 · This happened with a great philosopher-king called Janaka, who fell asleep and dreamt that he had taken part in a war, and fleeing from his defeated army, enters a forest, hungry and exhausted. There he begs for food from forest-dwellers, but just before he could eat the food procured after much effort, some fighting wild boars rush in and ...
self - Rousseau, natural goodness, and solitariness? - Philosophy …
网页2020年2月12日 · A tree still falls in the forest even when there is nobody there to observe or confirm it. If anything, Rousseau's view can be faulted for assuming that good/bad is something pre-existent rather than developed in response to an environment to which a lone human is never exposed. But that is a different issue from her not being observed by others.
epistemology - Are there any philosophical arguments to disprove …
网页I would compare it to someone believing that if a tree falls in a forest and no one is around to hear it, it does not make a sound. The definition of the question limits us to not being able to answer it, and both silent-tree-believers and solipsists opt for the most sceptical position, that is opposed to our common sense understanding of the ...