How Did the Assumptions Made by Scientists in the Modernist

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Multiple Choice

How did the assumptions made by scientists in the modernist era differ from those of Enlightenment-era scientists?

• A) Modernist scientists believed they had found the key to controlling nature.
• B) Modernist scientists thought in terms of probabilities rather than certainties.
• C) Modernist scientists relied more on received tradition than had Enlightenment scientists.
• D) Modernist scientists found their inspiration within the theories of Newton and Galileo.

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