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The (i) of medieval thinkers to explain the workings of the universe [#permalink] New post   02 Apr 2024, 01:04
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The (i) _________ of medieval thinkers to explain the workings of the universe has led some critics to question the (ii) ___________ of human rationality.


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A. ambiguity D. legitimacy
B. meaning E. effectiveness
C. inability F. nuances
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Re: The (i) of medieval thinkers to explain the workings of the universe [#permalink] New post   18 Apr 2024, 00:20
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C and E

The words in the blanks determine each other, so you need to look at the choices in pairs, instead of individually. The best pair is inability and effectiveness.
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The (i) of medieval thinkers to explain the workings of the universe [#permalink] New post   24 Sep 2024, 03:14
why not A,E ? Carcass
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Re: The (i) of medieval thinkers to explain the workings of the universe [#permalink] New post   24 Sep 2024, 07:39
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The key is in this portion of the sentence

medieval thinkers to explain the workings of the universe has led some critics to question

which means that the medieval thinkers were sure about certain facts of the universe but they had difficulties explaining to their contemporaries.

Therefore they have the inability or I.E they were not able to explain why even though they were correct

C is the answer for the first blank
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