Goodman argued that the way a painting "looks" to the observer depends on the way she is used to seeing things depicted, or as he calls it, "inculcation." So, according to Goodman, ________

A. realism is relative
B. realism is more truthful than abstraction
C. abstraction is more truthful than realism
D. abstraction is relative


Answer: A

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