I'd say no. Especially not to me. A book about sound or hearing that I read also said no, they said that hearing is a specific thing that has to do with us and our senses, what we call sound does not exist without our cognition or something.
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According to the whole Shrodinger's cat business as well, there may need to be some sort of confirmation or presence to have the experience.
What is there? (Beginners thread)
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Re: What is there? (Beginners thread)
That question was asked by George Berkeley whose philosophy known as subjective idealism holds the dictum; to be, is to be perceived.
Now, in the Discord, @"notathoughtgiven" encountered this first problem of inquiry, which is great.
There are however, some things which we can know without experience, that are a priori - that which is true by definition, matters of fact.
All bachelors are unmarried males. This is an example of true by definition and so, it is knowable without experience from the senses.
Maybe our inquiry should not start from our experience (subject to object) and instead declare that maybe we cannot know things with our senses, for a start off, where is this 'I' or 'self' that we speak of?
Now, in the Discord, @"notathoughtgiven" encountered this first problem of inquiry, which is great.
There are however, some things which we can know without experience, that are a priori - that which is true by definition, matters of fact.
All bachelors are unmarried males. This is an example of true by definition and so, it is knowable without experience from the senses.
Maybe our inquiry should not start from our experience (subject to object) and instead declare that maybe we cannot know things with our senses, for a start off, where is this 'I' or 'self' that we speak of?