All of the Following Can Be Said About Mechanism Except

question 67

Multiple Choice

All of the following can be said about mechanism except:

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

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Payoff

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