@article {OCallaghan:1 October 2007::47, author = "OCallaghan, Casey", title = "4. The Argument from Vacuums", journal = "Sounds", volume = "1", year = "1 October 2007", abstract = "If sounds are distal events that do not pass through the medium, what is the role of the medium? Is the medium a necessary condition on the existence of a sound, or is it merely a necessary condition on the perceptibility of a sound (as light is a necessary condition for the perceptibility, but not the existence, of a color instance)? This chapter contends that sounds require a medium by arguing that certain audible qualities are medium-relative. An important distinction between normative standards for perceiving visible versus audible qualities allows us to draw the stronger conclusion that no sounds exist in vacuums.", pages = "47-57(11)", url = "http://www.ingentaconnect.com/content/oso/2209313/2007/00000001/00000001/art00004" }