Mechanism

question 42

Multiple Choice

Mechanism:

• A) was a view of the universe shared by Descartes, Bacon, and Galileo.
• B) considered nature as a machine.
• C) rejected Aristotelian distinctions between the works of man and those of God.
• D) taught that the works of nature were of a higher order than those of humans.
• E) all of these

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Definitions:

Instance Variables

Variables defined in a class for which a separate copy is created for each object of the class.

Primitive Variables

Primitive variables in computer programming are basic data types that hold values such as integers, booleans, and floating-point numbers, and are not objects.

Constant Variables

Variables whose values cannot be changed once they have been set initially, typically defined using final or const keywords.

Inner Class

A class defined within another class, used to handle the complexity of larger code structures by logically grouping classes that are only used in one place.