As a lexical definition, Ambrose Bierce's definition of logic as "The art of thinking and reasoning in strict accordance with the limitations and incapacities of the human misunderstanding" may be criticized as:
A) Being too broad.
B) Being too narrow.
C) Being negative.
D) Being figurative.
E) Being affective.
E
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