The shift in mentality in the late nineteenth century may be described as a/an
a. intensification of positivism that made even the subconscious subject to rational analysis.
b. return to pragmatism: only those theories that show evident practicality were accepted.
c. movement away from the Enlightenment and a discovery of non-romantic irrationalism.
d. modern skepticism: knowledge is impossible, and therefore, the search for knowledge should be abandoned.
e. new attempt to synthesize reason and faith, which is science and religion.
c
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