Hi niteshmotwani,You've actually understood the story better than you think. The one thing tripping you up is that there are
two different voices in this passage, and you're reading them as if they were one. Once you split them, the boldfaces fall into place.
Let me label the voices:
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Traditional opinion (old view): W and R developed their concepts
independently.
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"Many now argue" (other people): the notes found in R's papers prove the old view is
false - i.e., R must have leaned on W. This is
not the professor's view.
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The professor ("However..."): hold on - this discovery only warrants a
more circumspect (more cautious) conclusion. So the professor is
pushing back on the "many."
Now place the two boldfaces on that map:
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Boldface 1 - "the notes precede Russell's own conception..." - is a fact the
"many" use to reach the conclusion "the traditional opinion is false." That's the conclusion the
professor criticizes.
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Boldface 2 - "Russell's notes are restricted to early parts..." - is the fact the
professor uses to back his own cautious position.
So: BF1 = evidence for a conclusion the professor
rejects; BF2 = evidence for the professor's
own view. That's exactly choice
C. Every wrong option (A, B, D) breaks because it claims BF1 supports the professor - but BF1 belongs to the "many."
A quick way to lock this in - strip the topic away and keep the skeleton:
"Some say the fingerprints prove Sam was there, so he's guilty. But that conclusion is hasty: the prints are only on the door, not the safe."Here "the fingerprints prove he was there" supports a conclusion the speaker rejects (BF1), and "only on the door" is the speaker's own counter-evidence (BF2). Same structure, same roles - just easier to feel. Whenever you hit a boldface question, first ask
"whose claim is this?" before anything else.
Answer: Cniteshmotwani
I'm not sure I get the passage but I'm unable to pick or eliminate answer choices.
so Prof - says W - have concepts and R have examples on metaphysics but then other traditional opinion says those to our independent and unrelated then historians find or argue that they find book / presentation from W in R so traditional opinion is wrong for sure they are related not independent and the find one more proof R notes are just the start of W text so B1 - & B2 I'm unable to get it.