Are your A's to my philosophy Q's causally determined in the physical science sense of the word "cause"?.

Answer 1

Of course. Your question stimulates my mind and causes a chain reaction that flows right through good old Yahoo :)! "Every action creates an opposite and equal reaction."

Answer 2

If they are, then in theory you should always recieve the same answers to the questions you ask in the same circumstances.

I submit, however, that this is impossible. Since there are so very many variables to control which might possibly affect the answers you get (the position of the moon, what I've had for breakfast, whether I remember you asking the question earlier) you are completely incapable of replicating the exact same circumstances of your question.

And if you are incapable of replicating situations, the question of free will versus determinism becomes pointless. Not only pointless, but beyond the realm of science to describe, except perhaps in a probablistic fashion. You might as well ask what lies outside the universe or where things are before anyone looks at them.

So believe what you like! Personally, I don't much believe in time anyway, so any free will question seems a little pointless to me. ( :

Answer 3

Not possible. Physical science answers the questions of the physical world. Philosophical questions have to do with forms in the mind and ideas.

You may as well be asking if you peel the banana first will the orange taste the same.

The question is nonsensical.

Answer 4

ok