2007-03-07 08:22:13 · 19 answers · asked by Kimmy <3 5 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Philosophy
Ahhh, the ever-present philosophical quandary. At the heart of the question is the definition of "sound." If we approach the question from a rather self-absorbed, egoistic position and define sound as that which we ('we' being humans) are able to discern, then "no" it does not make a sound. If, on the other hand, we are willing to take a more selfless and scientific approach, then we will realize that sound is not dependent upon our ability to hear/identify it and therefore any tree falling anywhere makes a sound. To finish with an example, I've never heard the sound from my dog whistle, but I asked my dog if it does in fact make a sound and he looked at me as if I were a fool and cursed me. . .
2007-03-07 08:59:11 · answer #1 · answered by a c 2 · 5⤊ 1⤋
If a man says something in the forest but there are no women around to hear him, is he still wrong?
2007-03-07 17:21:22 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
If I was deaf and blind do things all around me not existing? We have other senses, for example we know that always some trees must fall doing noise, if not, the forest can't renew itself.
2007-03-07 21:05:22 · answer #3 · answered by ombra mattutina 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
If the tree falls in the forest, and no one's around to see it, does it actually fall?
2007-03-07 16:27:56 · answer #4 · answered by Gilgethan 3 · 3⤊ 1⤋
Well, I'm just going over all of this in my philosophy class so, according to Locke, he'd say no because sound is a secondary quality, but Hume later argues that point. Probably doesn't help but none of the philosophers can agree so how can we know!
2007-03-07 19:17:20 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
Stand in a forest in camouflage with a tape recorder and let us know.
2007-03-07 17:09:26 · answer #6 · answered by poet_by_nature 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
yes, it does make a sound... its proven in newtons laws and the laws of energy.... its the law of sound energy and it states that everything has particules and when the particules split on impact it creates sound vibrations which of course allows us to hear everything but since its in the woods the vibrations are bouncy off of everything and are stoppes everntually so yes it does make a sound
2007-03-07 20:18:28 · answer #7 · answered by casey b 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
If it lands on a mime does it get an extra 2 points for irony?
2007-03-07 16:26:15 · answer #8 · answered by BANANA 6 · 7⤊ 0⤋
Yes.
2007-03-07 16:26:11 · answer #9 · answered by flieder77 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
ummmmmmmm.....YES. Anything & everything taht drops makes SOME type of sound ( no matter how loud or soft & no matter if someone was there to witness it or not)
2007-03-07 16:31:06 · answer #10 · answered by Maria Rose 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋