Firstly, mark12_30 and The Saucepan Man, when I said;
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Tolkien was not a philosopher, that is plain enough
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The "Plain enough" statement was a reference to Gimli, as he says it often... But that’s not important,
He was not a philosopher by profession but that wouldn’t have stopped him philosophising.
Please stop finding answers to those questions (I.e. "When a tree falls and there is no Ent to hear it... and... what is the sound of one elven had Clapping) They were random extreme examples, I didn't expect any answers, but still the image of an Ent falling over and shouting "Who put that stone there" is amusing, so that make up for it...
Fordim Hedgethistle, Frodo was not originally called Frodo. If I remember correctly from reading Tolkien’s biography, he was called "Bungo" or something (Please correct me if I’m wrong) I have seen many forums where names of characters have been deeply looked into, the only explanation I can give is that Tolkien’s languages are based on existing ones... so it is not surprising that there are hidden meanings...
Back to the point... (Ignore all that earlier stuff)
The comment about Tolkien not really caring about how well received his book was, that is well supported in the forwards and letters, so there is no trouble there. The reference to those who (As was said, for their own enjoyment) look deeply into these matters and that not bothering Tolkien is perhaps a sigh that with creating any imaginary world Philosophical subjects will arise. C.S. Louise’s Books involved an imaginary world and I'm sure there are forums with people discussing similar things. Tolkien was perhaps not intentionally putting these things there, they just sort of came along with it. Probably hiding in a small box so he didn’t notice it.
So when he was being flooded with mail and getting phone calls from America at 5:00 in the morning he was perhaps a little astonished to see how deeply people looked at his tales.