The passage most strongly supports the ascription of which one of the following views to scientists who use the analytic method? A. A complex system is best understood by studying its component parts in full isolation from the system as a whole. B. The parts of a system should be studied with an awareness of the laws and initial conditions that govern the system. C. It is not possible to determine the laws governing a system until the system's parts are separated from one another. D. Because the parts of a system are interdependent, they cannot be studied separately without destroying the system's complexity. E. Studying the parts of a system individually eliminate the need to determine which characteristics of the parts are defining characteristics.