Can somebody explain the "thought experiment" about the tree …
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 …
Kant's Take on "If a Tree Falls in a Forest, Does it Make a Sound?"
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 …
Do objects exist as the way we think they do even when nobody …
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Are there several types of mind-independence?
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. …
What is the value of facts in philosophy?
2024年10月7日 · Difference between science and philosophy is best concentrated in this famous saying "If tree falls in the forest where nobody listens,- Does it produce a sound ?". Science …
Can 'Nothing Exist before we measure it'? - Philosophy Stack …
Local causality is the idea that a "cause" must exist within the past light cone of its "effect." If something violates that (i.e. a cause is outside of the past light cone), then it is said to violate …
Can concepts exist without animals or human beings?
2023年11月21日 · To answer your question one has to discriminate between a concept and its referent, i.e. the object to which the concept refers.
self - Rousseau, natural goodness, and solitariness? - Philosophy …
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 …
consciousness - Why does Chalmers' argument about "the hard …
Admittedly, this is by definition not empirically provable (unless it counts if you can record the event and watch later). However, given all we know, it seems very likely that the tree will make …
Is Galileo's argument about falling bodies logically flawed?
2014年12月6日 · Physics is about theory, one can always throw enough axioms to validate Galileo's a priori reasoning such as no internal stress were observed for any lopsided non …