What was true of the British empiricists?

a. They attempted to explain the functioning of the mind according to Newton’s principles.
b. They rectified the existence of divine intervention with sensory experience.
c. They believed that sensory experience distorted the truth.
d. They denied the existence of mental events.


a. They attempted to explain the functioning of the mind according to Newton’s principles.

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