If a tree falls in a forest and noones around, will it make a sound?
2006-08-09 07:33:00 · 17 answers · asked by Wolf guy lupine 5 in Education & Reference ➔ Trivia
If there's no-one there to see it, does the tree even exist?
2006-08-09 07:42:56 · answer #1 · answered by Oracle Of Delphi 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
This is the "famous" Kantian dilemma...one of the most misquoted and misunderstood quotations ..taken out of context.
Kant was positing an epistemological problem....not a physics problem...Is knowledge internal to the self and actualized/recalled by an outside stimulus....or is knowledge external to the self and "learned" by exposure to outside stimuli....
Read "the Critique of Pure Reason" and Critique of Practical Reason"
2006-08-09 18:09:35 · answer #2 · answered by Gemelli2 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No, just vibrations. If there is no receptor for the vibrations caused by the falling tree it is technically not considered sound.
2006-08-09 15:40:31 · answer #3 · answered by haliphunk 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
As the roots snap and branches hit other trees there would be some noise then a thud as it hit the ground.
2006-08-12 17:49:36 · answer #4 · answered by j_emmans 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If a man is alone in the forest, and there's no one there to hear him speak, will he still be wrong?
2006-08-13 11:56:43 · answer #5 · answered by Mariaell 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Just because there is no one or nothing there to hear it fall does not mean it hasn't made a sound
2006-08-09 14:55:20 · answer #6 · answered by fatdogmendoza 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
yes because even if know 1 hears it, it will still make a sountd it is the laws of life
2006-08-09 15:14:43 · answer #7 · answered by Danny 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
yup. cause energy will still be released by the tree falling. and that evergy is what we call sound.
2006-08-09 14:37:52 · answer #8 · answered by emwads 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes.
2006-08-09 14:36:50 · answer #9 · answered by Man 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It depends on whether your view of reality is objective or subjective.
2006-08-09 17:39:57 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋