The Work of Some Late-Nineteenth-Century Philosophers Known as Pragmatists and Relativists

The work of some late-nineteenth-century philosophers known as pragmatists and relativists reflected a change in Western perceptions of the world and argued that

A) history did not support the notion of an uninterrupted chain of human progress.
B) brain physiology did not indicate fundamental intellectual differences between men and women.
C) Western nations had a duty to conquer "backward" peoples so as to maintain Caucasian preeminence.
D) human understanding was contingent upon the complex and ever-changing conditions of daily existence, and therefore no theory or standard was ever definitive.