thought this was a really annoying, but interesting question....what do you think?
2007-12-13 07:02:07 · 15 answers · asked by Anonymous in Arts & Humanities ➔ Philosophy
did you by any chance read the book "Pretties" or "Uglies" or anything else in that series...
Anyway...of course it makes a noise...everything would do...the question is...that if no one is there to hear it...will the noise cease to exist and my opinion is yes.
If no one sees u born, no on witnesses you grow up then according to anyone u aren't there...you've never breathed and to according to them you're not there...that doesn't necessarily mean that you don't exist...only that no-one knows that you exist...
in the same context the tree would make a noise...but if no one hears it then it might as well not make any sound because according to everyone else it hasn't made a noise...
sorry if this doesn't make sense...I'm just typing what I'm thinking exactly
2007-12-13 07:09:16 · answer #1 · answered by ´*•.¸♥•°A m b e r°•♥¸.•*´ 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Many philosophers would say "no" - that sound is only sound when it enters the ears of a living being.
Some would even go so far as to say that if you were standing next to a tree that was standing tall, then left the tree to go to the store or something, and when you came back the tree was lying on the ground - that it would even be hard to say that the tree even fell, since no one was there to see it.
2007-12-13 07:08:29 · answer #2 · answered by FIGJAM 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
If you were standing next to the tree and it fall, you can hear the sound. If you were not there and the tree fall, it still makes a sound. Just that you didn't HEAR it. The difference is the presence of you being there.
2007-12-13 07:13:15 · answer #3 · answered by Romeo 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
personally i think this is a science question, not a philosophy.
the tree fell, if there was a tree there would be air.
if it fell then there was a ground ( sorry if im a little patronising)
no it moved through the air causing the air to vibrate. it hit the ground so the ground vibrated. sound is vibrations. you hear because your ear drum picks up the vibrations.
2007-12-13 07:13:22 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
It all depends on the way you define "make a sound". If sound is defined as vibrations striking the ear drum, then no sound is made. If sound is defined as vibrations in the air, then the falling tree makes a sound.
I would say it does make a sound,because i define sound as vibrations in the air.
2007-12-13 07:57:31 · answer #5 · answered by Ryan R 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes. If it makes a sound when someone IS around, when why wouldn't it when someone ISN'T? Not to mention that if you're close enough, you can actually feel the sound through vibrations. I've 'heard' things that way a few times.
~Tiger
2007-12-13 07:44:51 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
used to think that it did make a sound… but now we think reality is more like one of our video games… were stuff not on the screen doesn’t even happen till it is on the screen… then all its history happens all at once… that whole quantum observational phenomenon supports this… no end to the wonder
2007-12-13 08:08:50 · answer #7 · answered by grey_worms 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
yes, because it will still emit sound waves that, even if not heard by a person, COULD have been heard if a person was there. plus there are animals that hear even better than humans anyway, and they would still hear it.
2007-12-13 07:06:05 · answer #8 · answered by Meg 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Yes - it makes a crashing sound
2007-12-13 07:10:44 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
yes
2007-12-13 07:12:23 · answer #10 · answered by SUN vs. MOON 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋