Durkheim's study Suicide illustrates the limitations of scientific inquiry insofar as
A) subsequent research has disconfirmed all of his findings.
B) his theory of suicide has been shown to be inconsistent with his data.
C) its narrow focus on social causes appears to have been an attempt to legitimize the field of sociology.
D) his theory does not apply to suicide in the 21st century.

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Durkheim's study focused on social causes of suicide, which was an effort to establish sociology as a legitimate scientific discipline by demonstrating that social factors could be studied scientifically.

Durkheim's Study Suicide Illustrates the Limitations of Scientific Inquiry Insofar