Final answer:
The statement that if determinism is true, then everything except for human emotions is determined is false. Determinism posits that all events, including emotions and actions, are determined by preceding states of affairs.
Step-by-step explanation:
If determinism is true, then it asserts that all events, including human actions and decisions, are the necessary consequences of preceding states of affairs, meaning that given a certain set of circumstances, only one outcome is possible. Hence, if determinism is true, it does not exempt human emotions; they too are determined by antecedent conditions and causes. The statement in the question is false because determinism encompasses all phenomena, emotional or otherwise.
Determinism can come in different forms such as hard determinism which argues that causal determinism is true and, consequently, free will does not exist. On the other hand, compatibilism (or soft determinism) accepts that though causal determinism is true, human free will still prevails to the extent that our voluntary actions are not impeded by external constraints and are the result of our own desires and motivations. Nevertheless, human emotions, under these views, are not exceptions and are considered part of the causal chain.