Friday, April 4, 2008
perception locke dotto
if a tree falls in the woods it does make a sound despite Locke's reasoning. Just because a person is not there to confirm the event and its sensory stimuli. According to Locke's theory if we were not there if our spouse cheated on us then it never happened because you were not there to see the event. Also if you were to consider the fact that trees are living things and there was most likely a few animales in the area to hear the crash, it still happened because they heard it. What if we were to put a video camera in the forest? That isnt a person, merely a recording device. I would bet the tree would make a sound and would disprove Locke's theory. too bad he didn't have access to the technology we have today...
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When I hear that argument about the tree falling I think the same way as you. Just because no one is there to hear it, doesn't mean it didnt happen, does't mean it didnt make a sound..the tree that fell still landed on who knows, leaves, branches? the ground? either way, whatever it landed on still produced a sound, whatever sound that is made by the tree crashing. Like you say, if you put a video recorder out there, it would still capture the sound..Animals that live in the woods are aware of the sounds around them I am sure. If they had not been, there would lots of dead animals in the woods just as a result of falling trees because they could not hear them..but why because No ONE person was there to hear so no one else or thing hears either? no way...a sound must still be made..
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