Appiah disagrees with Durkheim's point about symbolic truth because

A) he claims that nonscientific cultures are nonsymbolic, given the absence of alternative worldviews.

B) he argues that symbolic truth applies only to technological societies.

C) he argues that nonscientific cultures are illiterate.

D) he argues that his definition of rationality applies to nonscientific cultures, without the need for a concept of symbolic truth.


D

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