Do the Laws of Nature Exist Independent of the Human Mind?

[Guitar's Cry]

This is really the same thing as asking does anything exist if there is no consciousness to perceive its existence.

I do that often. Just ask Gentoo.

 

[Sunstone]

This is really the same thing as asking does anything exist if there is no consciousness to perceive its existence.

No, it's not.

Asking whether the laws of nature exist apart from the human mind should not be equated with asking whether anything exists apart from consciousness.

 

[s2a]

No, it's not.

Asking whether the laws of nature exist apart from the human mind should not be equated with asking whether anything exists apart from consciousness.

Then I would ask, what separates a "law of nature" (if human consciousness becomes non-existent) from "nature" itself? If a "law of nature" only serves to explain/define an irreversible phenomena of nature, how (or in what way) is it distinctly removed from nature as an independent (or unique) quality/quantity?

Is "Avogadro's Law" (ie., Equal volumes of gases, at the same temperature and pressure, contain the same number of particles, or molecules.) a quality, or explanation of natural phenomenon that exists within nature; or something beyond explanatory natural phenomena?

 

[s2a]

12 days later...no reply...

I guess I win!

;-)