Galileo's claim that the sun did not go around the earth would be an example of which type of harm, according to the objectivist definition of deviance?
A)Physical Harm
B)Emotional Harm
C)Social Harm
D)Ontological Harm
E)Mental Harm

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Ontological harm refers to challenges or threats to our understanding of the world, our sense of being, or the nature of reality. Galileo's claim challenged the prevailing worldview and ontological understanding of the universe at the time, thus constituting ontological harm according to the objectivist definition of deviance.

Galileo's Claim That the Sun Did Not Go Around the Earth