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In our two previous posts, we dealt with a difficult passage on prudential and moral reasoning, and worked through three challenging questions. In this post, we give you a long passage on the concept of religion, followed by two moderately difficult questions. Try to annotate the passage as you go along so as not to […]

In our previous post, we dealt with a difficult passage on prudential and moral reasoning, and worked through one challenging question by annotating the entire argumentative structure of the passage. Using your thorough understanding of the passage now, attempt the next two questions. (The same passage is reproduced here for your convenience.) Despite numerous studies […]

In the next few RC posts, we continue to break down difficult, obscure passages and work through challenging questions accurately without necessarily being familiar with the content. The passage below deals with moral and prudential reasoning. As you read, try to follow the argument and annotate accordingly to keep track of the logic flow. Despite […]

The previous post tackled a difficult passage on the role of values in science. What follows here is a continuation of that paragraph with a longer paragraph and two further questions. Since we already have a good grasp of the structure of the first paragraph, the entire passage should now be more manageable and digestible. […]

It is often claimed that scientific decisions should not be influenced by scientists’ value-judgments. This claim is motivated by the fear that a substantial role for values in science would threaten the objectivity of scientific outcomes. Very simply put, the idea is that scientific representations should be based on evidence, and not on subjective judgments […]

As part of our series on tricky word pairs, this post will introduce 4 word groups/pairs that can be confusing and misleading. We will first go through each pair thoroughly to clarify their specific definitions and usage. At the end of the post, we will have a revision practice for you to test your knowledge. […]

As part of our series on tricky word pairs, this post will introduce 4 word groups/pairs that can be confusing and misleading. We will first go through each pair thoroughly to clarify their specific definitions and usage. At the end of the post, we will have a revision practice for you to test your knowledge. […]

As part of our series on tricky word pairs, this post will introduce 4 word pairs/groups that can be confusing and misleading. We will first go through each pair thoroughly to clarify their specific definitions and usage. At the end of the post, we will have a revision practice for you to test your knowledge. […]