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Sounds are physical phenomena. An individual sound occupies an area in space and time. It comes into existence and fades away.
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The remarkable fact that the cochlea is capable of generating audible sound was first established by P. Zurek in 1981. The phenomenon is also known as “spontaneous oto-acoustic emission”. I am indebted to Professor Reuter for this item of information.
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von Wright, G.H. (1998). On Sound. In: In the Shadow of Descartes. Synthese Library, vol 272. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-015-9034-1_9
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