If We Can Establish That Variable X Comes Before Variable

question 14

Multiple Choice

If we can establish that variable X comes before variable Q in time, then we can definitely say:

• A) variable X is a cause of variable Q.
• B) variable Q is not a cause of variable X.
• C) variable Q is a cause of variable X.
• D) variable X is not a cause of variable Q.

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Definitions:

External Compulsion

A force or influence from outside oneself that pressures or obliges one to act in a certain way, often limiting personal freedom or choice.

Free Of Ignorance

The state of having knowledge or being aware, lacking the absence of understanding or awareness.

Condemned To Be Free

A notion popularized by existentialist philosopher Jean-Paul Sartre, suggesting that with the absence of God or predetermined essence, humans are free to make their own choices, yet are responsible for these choices.

Jean-Paul Sartre

A 20th-century French existentialist philosopher, playwright, novelist, political activist, biographer, and literary critic, known for his works on existentialism and phenomenology.