If Bentham were to study the nature of sweetness, which of the following would not be part of his method?
A. Making a list of sweet substances
B. Making a list of substances that are not sweet
C. Specifying which things are more or less sweet
D. Checking hypotheses about the nature of sweetness against the lists
E. Making a list of all the other properties possessed by sweet things
Answer: E
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