How would you prove...

Discussion in 'Philosophy' started by 1Trismegistus1, Sep 24, 2010.

  1. to a man blind from birth, that color exists....

    Begin.
     
  2. traffic lights. ask him how else people got through intersections.
     
  3. Tell him to watch the Union...
     
  4. tell them it's like music and that each note is a like different color of the rainbow
     
  5. I would cure his blindness so he could see for himself.
     
  6. Have faith in our word
     
  7. i would give him a hit of LCD
     

  8. haha on the right track

    i was gonna say DMT
     
  9. #10 livingsoul, Sep 24, 2010
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    a question for you 1Trismegistus1

    how would you prove blindness is to a man with sight


    I am without ever experiencing blindness and am thus ignorant of the experience
    When my eyes are closed or I am walking through a dark area - I am able to see 'dark'
    When I am not perceiving my awake experience with my eyes open I continue to be able to imagine
    There is always at least some type of sight - though it may not or may always be oriented toward 'light' / 'lit'
    To me - from my perspective - existence is without blindness - existence is with sight
     
  10. This thread seems to imply you can prove color exists to a person with perfect vision...

    sike. :D
     

  11. according to the docs....my vision is better then perfect.....20/10 to be exact......:eek:
    and i "see" many colors!;)

    best answer i have read so far!!!!!
    of corse....reminds me instantly of the fucking man!!!!!Beethoven![ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q2ZqVdEEu8A]YouTube - Trans-Siberian Orchestra - Beethoven/Requiem[/ame]


    dude was quite deaf...yet created some of the greatest most inspiring music ever!!!!!

    how? he could "feel " it!

    i think i saw this in a movie once!!!!
    you give them something hot....and tell them its red!
    then something cold...and tell them its blue....


    dont know what to use for every color...but you could figure it out over time?
     
  12. [ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tUcOaGawIW0]YouTube - Close Encounters of the Third Kind[/ame]

    :cool:
     
  13. Could you describe 'green' to me? :)
     

  14. *lights bowl* :bongin:
     

  15. you ever smell a pine forest? or a Christmas tree stand/sale?

    its kinda like that.....

    :)rolleyes: best i could do on short notice;))

    would prob...imo....be harder to describe light.......to someone who had never seen it then color.....? but shit idk?
     

  16. Easy. Take them outside on a clear, sunny day.
     
  17. I wouldn't, since the issue of whether or not color exists is irrelevant.
     
  18. idk that ,that would do the job of describing light to someone who had always been blind......

    im thinking it would take more then that? but idk?:confused:
     
  19. Color is more than just visual aesthetics. Feeling and emotion are, IMO, intrinsically associated with color.

    This is just speculation on my part, but I imagine that taking a blind man out on a bright, clear, sunny day and explaining to him that "this is light" could help that man to associate the word and idea of 'light' with that particular feeling. Alternatively, a musical reference could also be employed independently or along side of this.

    Then again, I'm an artist... so perhaps I'm a bit biased?
     

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