If science is by definition the search for an intelligible network of natural cause-and-effect relationships, then it cannot admit to the possibility of a supernatural cause influencing the network in any way. (James E. Huchingson, "Introduction: The Two-Storied Universe," in James E. Huchingson, ed., Religion and the Natural Sciences: The Range of Engagement)This passage exemplifies a(n) ________.
A. explanation
B. illustration
C. conditional statement
D. unsupported assertion
E. argument
Answer: C
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