A Common Belief Is That Everything That Happens Is Predetermined

question 59

Multiple Choice

A common belief is that everything that happens is predetermined by the predetermined mechanical motions of atoms, much as a clock operates. A good argument against this position is

• A) many great scientists, such as Democritus, Kepler, and Newton, dispute this belief.
• B) science is not really relevant to our lives anyway.
• C) Newtonian physics, on which this idea is based, cannot be conclusively proven to be true.
• D) All of the above are good answers.
• E) Actually, there isn't any good answer to this position.

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