d. Empiricism
As empiricism is basically an experience derived from senses. So here through the text we can see that empiricism is very evident.
Connotative language is the emotion or feeling that come from a word, and Denotative language is the dictionary definition.
The dictionary gives the literal or denotative meaning of a word. However, many words (especially nouns, verbs, adjectives, and adverbs) also have an emotional meaning.
Depending on how a word is used it may have a positive, negative or neutral connotation.
Hello!! I, personally, think it's A. Direct.