"If a tree falls in the forest and no one is present to hear it,a sound will still occur because God is the permanent perceiver of all objects in the universe." This argument illustrates the position of ____.

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"If a tree falls in the forest and no one is present to hear it,a sound will still occur because God is the permanent perceiver of all objects in the universe." This argument illustrates the position of ____.​

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This argument aligns with the idealism philosophy of George Berkeley, who believed that all objects depend on a mind or observer to exist. In this case, the argument suggests that God is the observer and therefore the sound of the falling tree would still exist because it is perceived by God.

"If a Tree Falls in the Forest and No One