I think at this point in the book Aunt Alexandria has been spending more time with scout and answering Atticus' promise of giving her feminine influences
The answer is B. What’s modernism.
The study of essence and sphere of knowledge and rationalized belief is called Epistemology. It evaluates the nature of knowledge and how it is related to truth, assumption, and basis. It deals with issues of creation or promulgation of knowledge in specific areas of inquiry.