RE: What's Out There?
July 10, 2015 at 1:08 pm
(This post was last modified: July 10, 2015 at 1:12 pm by Mudhammam.)
(July 10, 2015 at 12:33 pm)Pyrrho Wrote:That doesn't really answer my question. Does a "snapshot" of earth in the hypothetical scenario that no beings are actually present to view it lack blue oceans and green forests? Are you saying that colors exist in the different frequencies of light? Is it any more strange to ask if a falling tree makes a sound when no one is around to hear than it is to ask if the numerous atoms and molecules that compose bodies (like your table) really exist as they appear --- distinct, spatial, macroscopic objects --- when there is no perception involved to form that image of them? Intuitively, the answer seems to be an obvious yes --- your table exists as it does even when you're in the other room. But what does the frequency of light cause an object's features to be like if there is nobody there to appreciate it either? Is it just unknowable?(July 9, 2015 at 11:50 pm)Nestor Wrote: So what would a most accurate conception of the world without any percepts be like in terms of color? None at all?
There are different frequencies of light. What more could there be to color without a perceiver?
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