if a tree fell in the forest and noone was there to see it, do we really exist, or is realality just one persons perspective of a instant of infinite possibilities??????
2006-11-19 04:05:13 · 12 answers · asked by whoflungdung 1 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Philosophy
yes if a tree falls in the forest, i know i exist, and when i fall over said fallen tree as im walking threw the forest, i really will know the ground exists also, when i hit it !
2006-11-19 04:51:07 · answer #1 · answered by dlin333 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Kent said:" I think therefore I am".
Reality is an individual perception of the person who may perceive. My reality is not the same as your reality.
If a tree falls and you see it and I don't see it, then it is in your reality and not in mine.
But if no one exists, then there is no reality at all.
And for that reason GOD created the MAN after HE finished the creation of all the universe: without MAN the creation does not exist. And that is why ADAM was the only one that gave names to all creation: animals, fish, birds plants etc...
2006-11-20 13:58:45 · answer #2 · answered by The Kabbalist man 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
What does a tree falling in the forrest sound like if noone is around hear well true enough how do we know it fell.
I agree with the overall but don't sweat on the thing we don't know or understand nor control
2006-11-19 12:14:04 · answer #3 · answered by whay i lost my ?s 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The answer to your question lies in the forest waiting for you.
Go on Whoflung, follow that hideous creature beconing you into the murky, swirling..mist....?
Ask yourself this, Who said trees had ownership over the forrest? No one ever asked them to be there in the first place! F.uck em off I reckon.
2006-11-23 05:10:25 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Ah, the old adage. Well, the tree still falls whether I see it or not. This does bring up the old String Theory about paralell universes.
Love it.
http://superstringtheory.com/
2006-11-19 12:10:29 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I used to think about this until my first child was born. At that very moment I knew we really exist and it has very little to do with us as individuals.
2006-11-19 13:06:57 · answer #6 · answered by Bye Bye 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Asked and answered. Several times.
2006-11-19 13:29:58 · answer #7 · answered by producer_vortex 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Just a cotton-picking minute, am I a figment of your imagination, or are you one of mine??? If the latter, you figments are getting out of hand, these kind of issues don't concern you, just concentrate on doing what I imagine!
2006-11-19 13:25:00 · answer #8 · answered by Sangmo 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Philosophers say for a thing to exist someone must be aware of it.
2006-11-19 12:13:15 · answer #9 · answered by ? 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
very cool thing to ponder umumumumumumumu our existenc is not by others perspective it is because it is
2006-11-19 12:08:35 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋