Without the mind of human, will the flower still exist? Is it all about the matter of intentionality? One thing for sure is that the flower will still live and die, as Shakespeare once said.
For information about “Intentionality”, Please read
http://plato.stanford.edu/entries/intentionality/
王陽明 Wang Yang-ming (1472-1529) 傳習錄卷下
先生遊南鎮, 一友指巖中花樹問曰：「天下無心外之物. 如此花樹在深山中自開自落, 於我心亦何相關? 」先生曰：「你未看此花時, 此花與汝心同歸於寂. 你來看此花時, 則此花顏色一時明白起來, 便知此花不在你的心外.」
For information about Wang Yang-ming, please read
http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/635432/Wang-Yangming
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