Can all the arts and sciences be reduced to physical and chemical explanations?

Question

So that, for example, if an 8 year old is especially good at chess, it's because of his or her brain chemistry?

Answer 1

Black holes break the laws of physics Jose.

Answer 2

all sciences can be reduced to physical explanations, even chemistry. because to explain everything in chemistry (or similarly to derive every formulas in chemistry) we just need one concept in physics, which is Quantum Mechanics (apart from the details and other formulas that arise from technical difficulties). however, I don't think that art can be reduced to science explanation because art is totally different from science. furthermore, it needs totally different way of thinking to understand it. for example, science is objective, whereas art is subjective.

For your question: "if an 8 year old is especially good at chess, it's because of his or her brain chemistry?" I will answer: yes, it is. but, you must bear in mind that intelligence (or the complicated chains of chemical reactions that give rise to intelligence) is something that depends on many factors, such as genes, education, culture. The different treatments of our brain finally make our brains different. some are better in logical process, an other are not.

Answer 3

No.  Life would be pretty dull if the answer were "yes".

Answer 4

For the arts I would rather say they are reduced to emotions induced in our brain.

Most sciences are instead based on observations and on logic processes in our brain.

Some brains may be better than others in logic reasoning.

Answer 5

I haven't met anyone yet who could break the laws of physics.