【单选题】

The author discusses Goethe's theories in the second paragraph primarily to do which of the following
A．(A) suggest that the purpose of science is not simply to make discoveries but to influence the way humans regard the world

B．(B) illustrate the dangers of rejecting a mechanistic view of the world
C．(C) investigate the predictive efficacy of a scientific methodology that eschews certain types of experiments
D．(D) provide an argument for why scientists should not be amateurs
E．(E) demonstrate how easily a variation in scientific methodology can arouse controversy among scientists