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It can be inferred from the passage that reality’s tendency to conform to the man- made rules of science is suspicious because

(A) it suggests that scientists have disregarded certain facts to maintain the consistency of their theories
(B) it demonstrates that imagination plays a more significant role than reason in scientific investigation
(C) it shows that sciences discover only what the human faculties apprehend, not everything that exists
(D) it demonstrates that the man-made rules of science are overly general, and do not make specific enough claims
(E) it bespeaks the science’s historical tendency to contradict itself

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According to the passage, the work of scientists is similar to that of equations in infinitesimal calculus because scientists

(A) work to explain concepts that are abstract in nature, not unlike infinity
(B) recognize that meaning is not the only benefit of scientific endeavor
(C) are unable to explain their work in any more concrete terms than mathematicians express theirs
(D) can discover a series of more and more precise truths, but can never achieve absolute accuracy
(E) are intrinsically more interested in formulas and theories than the predictions that can be made by them

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The author discusses Goethe’s theories in the second paragraph primarily to do which of the following

(A) suggest that the purpose of science is not simply to make discoveries but to influence the way humans regard the world
(B) illustrate the dangers of rejecting a mechanistic view of the world
(C) investigate the predictive efficacy of a scientific methodology that eschews certain types of experiments
(D) provide an argument for why scientists should not be amateurs
(E) demonstrate how easily a variation in scientific methodology can arouse controversy among scientists