Concerning the Tension Between Reasons and Causes in History of Science

Multiple Choice

Concerning the tension between reasons and causes in history of science, the Whig history of science has tended to overestimate ___________ viewing history of science as ________.

A) social forces, a social institution that is void of individual struggle and triumph.
B) cause, seeing history as the result of random forces ending in current confusion.
C) reasons, seeing history as a fairy tale like series of progressive steps leading to current enlightenment.
D) paradigms, the result of revolutions.