Heinrich Feyermahn, in insisting that Galileo did not fully uphold the tenets of scientific rationalism, does not (i) ______ the Italian astronomer, but rather the very edifice of Western thought. For if Galileo is the purported exemplar of rational thinking, and yet is (ii) _______ , then the history of science cannot be understood as an endless succession of scientists carrying out their work free of all-too-human biases. Thus, Feyermahn admonishes, in faithfully chronicling the sweep of science in the last three hundred years, historiographers would be (iii) ______ not to include the human foibles that were part of even the most ostensibly Apollonian endeavors.The phrase "did not uphold the tenets of scientific rationalism" suggests Heinrich Feyermahn intends to criticise Galileo. But the phrase "does not (i) ______ the Italian astronomer, but rather the very edifice of Western thought" suggests that he does not wish to stop with criticising Galileo but the entire edifice of Western thought. Therefore the word for the first blank has to be
exclusively implicate.
For the second blank, the history of cannot be understood as an endless succession of scientists carrying out their work free of all-too-human biases only if the purported exemplar of rational thinking, Galileo is
found wanting. That is Galileo has flaws such as human biases. The choice
dismissed as inconsequential is too extreme and Feyermahn never had such intentions.
Historians who do not include human foibles that were part of even the most Apollonian - well-ordered and self-disciplined endeavours - would be accused of negligence. Thus the word for the third blank is
remiss. To be a
contrarian is to hold views (that may be true) contrary to the mainstream opinion and does not imply such views are wrong.
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