Strengthen with Sufficient Premise Questions - - Question 6
The seventeenth-century physicist Sir Isaac Newton is remembered chiefly for his treatises on motion and gravity. But...
taylabagleyNovember 21, 2019
Comparing B and D.
I understand why B is the correct answer. I too chose B as the correct answer, but I don't understand why D does not also work. Could you please explain why D could not also be correct?
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The conclusion of the argument is that 18th century chemistry would have been more advanced if the 17th century alchemists had published their results. However, I don't see anything in the stimulus suggesting that specialization is the reason for the lack of published experiments. Rather, like Sir Isaac Newton, the alchemists simply kept their experiments a secret.
In addition, scientists' understanding of various concepts is not really relevant to the conclusion. We need something which indicates that the field of chemistry itself could have been more advanced. B is the assumption at the heart of the argument, because the conclusion is about advances in science and how even unsuccessful experiments (alchemy) can contribute.
