Ahmed@lemmy.zip to Asklemmy@lemmy.ml · 2 days agoCan things exist without anyone being aware of their existence?message-squaremessage-square86linkfedilinkarrow-up146arrow-down111
arrow-up135arrow-down1message-squareCan things exist without anyone being aware of their existence?Ahmed@lemmy.zip to Asklemmy@lemmy.ml · 2 days agomessage-square86linkfedilink
minus-squareFriendOfDeSoto@startrek.websitelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4arrow-down1·2 days agoHave a read through this: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/If_a_tree_falls_in_a_forest_and_no_one_is_around_to_hear_it%2C_does_it_make_a_sound%3F
minus-squareAhmed@lemmy.zipOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up2arrow-down6·2 days agoI know this example, but I want to see what people think from their own point of view. Like,Do things exist independently of our awareness of them?
minus-squareVictor@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up5·2 days agoYes they do. Otherwise we would never discover anything. Unless one would mean that the people who have discovered everything that has ever been discovered were also the creators of those things. And that seems far-fetched.
minus-squareFriendOfDeSoto@startrek.websitelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4arrow-down1·2 days agoBUT IF YOU READ IT YOU WILL FIND OUT THAT PEOPLE ARE DIVIDED OVER THIS ISSUE. SO THERE IS NO CONCLUSIVE ANSWER.
minus-squaresetfacl@beehaw.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·2 days agoThis morning I met a man I had never seen before. I was not aware of him. Are you asking me if I think he existed before I met him?
Have a read through this:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/If_a_tree_falls_in_a_forest_and_no_one_is_around_to_hear_it%2C_does_it_make_a_sound%3F
I know this example, but I want to see what people think from their own point of view. Like,Do things exist independently of our awareness of them?
Yes they do. Otherwise we would never discover anything. Unless one would mean that the people who have discovered everything that has ever been discovered were also the creators of those things. And that seems far-fetched.
BUT IF YOU READ IT YOU WILL FIND OUT THAT PEOPLE ARE DIVIDED OVER THIS ISSUE. SO THERE IS NO CONCLUSIVE ANSWER.
This morning I met a man I had never seen before. I was not aware of him. Are you asking me if I think he existed before I met him?