By advancing the theory of _________ , Bacon showed the new empirical attitutes toward truth about nature and bravely challenged the medieval scholasticists.

A．the corruption of the society
B．the consequence of sin and guilt
C．the wrong doing of one generation that lives into the successive ones
D．"overreaching intellect"

A．mentalism
B．conceptual theory
C．naming theory
D．contextual theory