Multiple Choice
One effect of Descartes' general philosophy was to create belief in a vast world of nature that could be reduced to:
A) an unpredictable but ultimately benevolent universe.
B) a useful set of empirical laws.
C) a set of observations.
D) a mathematical form.
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