According to Barker and Kitcher, the new sciences of the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries revealed a world that was
A) Beyond human comprehension.
B) The center of the universe.
C) Vast and impersonal.
D) All of the above.

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Barker and Kitcher argue that the new sciences of the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries depicted the world as vast and impersonal, contrasting with earlier views that placed humans at the center of a universe created for their benefit.

According to Barker and Kitcher, the New Sciences of the Seventeenth