Hi Stephen P. King OK, let me rephrase the question. If a tree falls in the forest with nobody to observe it, will it end up on the ground ?
Roger Clough, [email protected] 11/6/2012 "Forever is a long time, especially near the end." -Woody Allen ----- Receiving the following content ----- From: Stephen P. King Receiver: everything-list Time: 2012-11-05, 22:00:20 Subject: Re: Communicability On 11/5/2012 2:30 PM, Roger Clough wrote: > Hi Stephen P. King > > A tape recorder could prove your theory wrong. A tape recorder is an example of an observer of sounds, so no, my theory stands. > > Berkeley finally gave in and said that realism > was acceptable because God could see or hear it. > > > Roger Clough, [email protected] > 11/5/2012 > "Forever is a long time, especially near the end." -Woody Allen > > > ----- Receiving the following content ----- > From: Stephen P. King > Receiver: everything-list > Time: 2012-11-05, 11:10:06 > Subject: Re: Communicability > > > On 11/5/2012 10:35 AM, Roger Clough wrote: >> Hi Stephen P. King >> >> Infallibility isn't involved. The typical textbook >> explanation for realism is, "if a tree falls in a >> forest and nobody is there to hear it, would it >> make a sound?" >> >> A realist (such as me) would say "yes." > The logician in me would say "no!" Because a sound is something > that must be capable of being heard to exist. If no one is truly around, > then the noise that the tree might make cannot be heard and thus there > is not a sound. > > > -- > Onward! > > Stephen > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Everything List" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/everything-list?hl=en. > -- Onward! Stephen -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Everything List" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/everything-list?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Everything List" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/everything-list?hl=en.
