Let me begin by saying that I am NOT a philosopher and really, have no say in the whole matter but I have always loved philosophy and all the thought it produces.
A few of my peers and I had a debate/discussion over a philosophical question that arose in American Government today.
Imagine a book. That book has words in it. You can clearly see them when it is open but what happens when you close it. If the cover is closed, how do you know that the words are still there? This same applies to other things. The famed "If a tree falls in the forest and no one is there to hear it, does it make a sound". Well, let's look at it briefly. Sound is only sound when it is received. If sound has nothing to be received by, then is it even there? The same applies to something that Einstein once said to his professor.
"Can you see your brain right now?"
The professor answered "no"
"Then how do you know it's there?"
What if you were looking straight forward...what if you were to question what was behind you. What if there was nothing behind you? What if images only appeared when something wasLOOKED at it.
Have we proof that our eyes exist if we can't see them? Have we proof that words disappear when you close a book?
My friend answered that it is scientifically impossible.
Ah...good answer my friend, but can science prove that words can disappear? Not really because science has never SEEN this happen. Again, this question arises.
Anyone want to discuss the matter?
A few of my peers and I had a debate/discussion over a philosophical question that arose in American Government today.
Imagine a book. That book has words in it. You can clearly see them when it is open but what happens when you close it. If the cover is closed, how do you know that the words are still there? This same applies to other things. The famed "If a tree falls in the forest and no one is there to hear it, does it make a sound". Well, let's look at it briefly. Sound is only sound when it is received. If sound has nothing to be received by, then is it even there? The same applies to something that Einstein once said to his professor.
"Can you see your brain right now?"
The professor answered "no"
"Then how do you know it's there?"
What if you were looking straight forward...what if you were to question what was behind you. What if there was nothing behind you? What if images only appeared when something wasLOOKED at it.
Have we proof that our eyes exist if we can't see them? Have we proof that words disappear when you close a book?
My friend answered that it is scientifically impossible.
Ah...good answer my friend, but can science prove that words can disappear? Not really because science has never SEEN this happen. Again, this question arises.
Anyone want to discuss the matter?
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