The Works of Fontenelle Announce the Enlightenment Because They

question 65

Multiple Choice

The works of Fontenelle announce the Enlightenment because they

• A) popularize a growing skepticism toward the claims of religion.
• B) portray churches as allies of scientific progress.
• C) discourage amateur conversations about scientific matters.
• D) question the capacity of women to comprehend scientific discourse.
• E) advocated the replacement of Catholicism with Protestantism because the latter was "freer."

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Definitions:

Milgram Experiment

A psychological experiment conducted by Stanley Milgram in the 1960s to study obedience to authority, where participants were instructed to administer electric shocks to another person.

Stanford University Prison Experiment

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Generalization

Drawing a conclusion about a certain characteristic of a population based on a sample from it.

Logical Support

The provision of reasons or evidence to justify a claim or argument.