#7 - Concept Reference, Must be True, Author's Perspective

[Katya W]

Hi, I struggled to choose between A and C. They were both things that were presented as misconceptions humanists had about science. Can someone please help me? Thank you!

[Adam Tyson]

In this question, we are looking for something that humanists think about scientists. That sends us to the second paragraph to look for our answer, and there we find no discussion of emotions. It's in the third paragraph, where we see the mistaken beliefs of scientists about humanists, that emotions are brought up. That's one reason for rejecting answer A - we have no evidence for what humanists mistakenly believe scientists think about emotions.

Another reason to reject it is that the humanists think scientists claim nothing is truly inexplicable, that it can all be explained away or somehow measured.

[KG!]

Would you mind explaining why the answer choice is not D?

[Beth Hayden]

Hi KG,

The humanists believe that there is an irreducible spiritual element that science can't explain (lines 19-24), but answer choice D misconstrues that point. It's the other way around, the assertion is that scientists don't recognize the spiritual element of art.

Hope that helps!
Beth