Does anything render statements about the past true, apart from the evidence that exists in the present?
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Title: Does anything render statements about the past true, apart from the evidence that exists in the present?

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Subject: Philosophy
Author: Jason C
Date: April 12, 2012
Level: University
Grade: A
Length: 5 / 1484

Essay text:

When observed the falling tree makes a lot of noise, especially at the moment of hitting the ground. If we then, found a fallen tree in the forest we could with extreme confidence assume that the tree made noise when it fell, even if we don’t have any evidence but I remember, and I quote my chemistry professor who always repeated with great wisdom “The absence of evidence is not evidence of absence”. The tree did make noise when it fell, we can tell this from previous observation. Even if no one heard the tree falling, how do we know if it did any noise then? Is it possible that it fell silently? Experience tells us that this is not probably the case, if we had experienced a falling tree before we would probably remember the sound, or at least heard stories from others that have experienced such event; of course, here we are assuming that the unobserved world behaves the same way as the observed world (when, of course, observation doesn’t affects outcome)...

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