... with no intervention from those who had senses that could sense the bird?
2006-07-30 11:11:36 · 5 answers · asked by rodneycrater 3 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Philosophy
Well, if I had no senses at all, including no sense of touch, hearing, ect...... then it is unlikely that I would have any method to communicate to others or receive communication from others, so I wouldn't be proving anything about anything to anyone.
2006-07-30 20:58:05 · answer #1 · answered by curious 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Well, if you had no senses of it, including its bird droppings and all other things related to it, and also had no intervention from those who had senses for it, then the 'thought' of a bird wouldn't even exist. Infact, neither the word would exist or the idea of it in your mind. Therefore, you would not waste your time trying to prove it to people similar because you dont' even know it exists.
2006-07-30 22:38:11 · answer #2 · answered by Source 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I guess I would use "blind" mathematics. Mathematics in the sense of the knowledge that comes up and out of ourselves. I can't prove the bird exists with or without senses in the first place, but I can describe it through numbers, triangles, etc.
2006-07-30 18:16:27 · answer #3 · answered by The Witten 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
the proof is the nest, the wrustling tree branch, the chasing cat, the feather. The proof is the bird effect on the world around it.
Now if I have misread your question and you have no senses to sense anything....then your screwed and the bird does not exist.
2006-07-30 18:17:24 · answer #4 · answered by DARTHCARL 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
you couldn't
2006-07-30 18:14:50 · answer #5 · answered by J-2003 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋