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Historians create ideas we call "history," which are derived from an order existing in the real world of historical fact. Since the patterns discovered in that world depend in part on the aims of the investigator, however, historical periods will tend to be defined in incompatible ways by historians with different interests. Thus, insofar as the aims of historians of music, painting, literature, and poetry are different, it cannot be assumed that
Which of the following most logically completes the argument?
A. real-world facts about art will ever be accurately represented
B. the accounts of these historians will ever be anything but arbitrary
C. the periods of artistic style delineated by these historians will coincide
D. the historical patterns defined by these historians will differ appreciably
E. there are any facts from which patterns of artistic style may be derived
Which of the following most logically completes the argument?
A. real-world facts about art will ever be accurately represented
B. the accounts of these historians will ever be anything but arbitrary
C. the periods of artistic style delineated by these historians will coincide
D. the historical patterns defined by these historians will differ appreciably
E. there are any facts from which patterns of artistic style may be derived
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Historians create ideas we call "history," which are derived from an order existing in the real world of historical fact. Since the patterns discovered in that world depend in part on the aims of the investigator, however, historical periods will tend to be defined in incompatible ways by historians with different interests. Thus, insofar as the aims of historians of music, painting, literature, and poetry are different, it cannot be assumed that
The passage ends with a statement that begins with "thus." So, the correct answer must complete a conclusion that follows from what the passage says. In other words, the correct answer must be something such that the passage indicates that it "cannot be assumed."
So, basically, we are looking for a choice such that, given what the passage says, that choice is likely NOT true.
A. real-world facts about art will ever be accurately represented
Notice that the facts that "historical periods will tend to be defined in incompatible ways by historians with different interests" and "the aims of historians of music, painting, literature, and poetry are different" do not mean it is not the case that "real-world facts about art will ever be accurately represented."
After all, even if historians define historical periods in "incompatible" ways and have different aims, it is quite possible that, at least sometimes, a historian will define a period "accurately."
Eliminate.
B. the accounts of these historians will ever be anything but arbitrary
Notice that the facts that "historical periods will tend to be defined in incompatible ways by historians with different interests" and "the aims of historians of music, painting, literature, and poetry are different" do not mean it is not the case that "the accounts of these historians will ever be anything but arbitrary (based on an idea or chance rather than reason)."
After all, even if historians define historical periods in "incompatible" ways and have different aims, it is possible that they will based their accounts on reason.
Eliminate.
C. the periods of artistic style delineated by these historians will coincide
Notice that the idea that "it cannot be assumed that" "the periods of artistic style delineated by these historians will coincide (be the same)" follows from what the passage says.
After all, if if historians define historical periods in "incompatible" ways and have different aims, then it seems likely that the periods of artistic style delineated by these historians will NOT coincide.
So, the idea that "the periods of artistic style delineated by these historians WILL coincide" could very likely be incorrect given what the passage says.
Keep.
D. the historical patterns defined by these historians will differ appreciably
Rather than follow from the passage, the idea that "it cannot be assumed that" "the historical patterns defined by these historians will differ appreciably" seems unlikely to be true given what the passage says.
After all, if historians define historical periods in "incompatible" ways and have different aims, then it makes sense to assume that, at least in some cases, "the historical patterns defined by these historians will differ appreciably."
Eliminate.
E. there are any facts from which patterns of artistic style may be derived
Rather than follow from the passage, the idea that "it cannot be assumed that" "there are any facts from which patterns of artistic style may be derived" conflicts with what the passage says.
After all the passage says, "Historians create ideas we call "history," which are derived from an order existing in the real world of historical fact. Since the patterns discovered in that world depend in part on the aims of the investigator ...."
We see that the passage indicates that the "ideas we call 'history'" are derived from fact and that historians discover "patterns," meaning that the patterns exist in the world of fact before they are discovered by historians.
Eliminate.
The correct answer is (C).
The passage ends with a statement that begins with "thus." So, the correct answer must complete a conclusion that follows from what the passage says. In other words, the correct answer must be something such that the passage indicates that it "cannot be assumed."
So, basically, we are looking for a choice such that, given what the passage says, that choice is likely NOT true.
A. real-world facts about art will ever be accurately represented
Notice that the facts that "historical periods will tend to be defined in incompatible ways by historians with different interests" and "the aims of historians of music, painting, literature, and poetry are different" do not mean it is not the case that "real-world facts about art will ever be accurately represented."
After all, even if historians define historical periods in "incompatible" ways and have different aims, it is quite possible that, at least sometimes, a historian will define a period "accurately."
Eliminate.
B. the accounts of these historians will ever be anything but arbitrary
Notice that the facts that "historical periods will tend to be defined in incompatible ways by historians with different interests" and "the aims of historians of music, painting, literature, and poetry are different" do not mean it is not the case that "the accounts of these historians will ever be anything but arbitrary (based on an idea or chance rather than reason)."
After all, even if historians define historical periods in "incompatible" ways and have different aims, it is possible that they will based their accounts on reason.
Eliminate.
C. the periods of artistic style delineated by these historians will coincide
Notice that the idea that "it cannot be assumed that" "the periods of artistic style delineated by these historians will coincide (be the same)" follows from what the passage says.
After all, if if historians define historical periods in "incompatible" ways and have different aims, then it seems likely that the periods of artistic style delineated by these historians will NOT coincide.
So, the idea that "the periods of artistic style delineated by these historians WILL coincide" could very likely be incorrect given what the passage says.
Keep.
D. the historical patterns defined by these historians will differ appreciably
Rather than follow from the passage, the idea that "it cannot be assumed that" "the historical patterns defined by these historians will differ appreciably" seems unlikely to be true given what the passage says.
After all, if historians define historical periods in "incompatible" ways and have different aims, then it makes sense to assume that, at least in some cases, "the historical patterns defined by these historians will differ appreciably."
Eliminate.
E. there are any facts from which patterns of artistic style may be derived
Rather than follow from the passage, the idea that "it cannot be assumed that" "there are any facts from which patterns of artistic style may be derived" conflicts with what the passage says.
After all the passage says, "Historians create ideas we call "history," which are derived from an order existing in the real world of historical fact. Since the patterns discovered in that world depend in part on the aims of the investigator ...."
We see that the passage indicates that the "ideas we call 'history'" are derived from fact and that historians discover "patterns," meaning that the patterns exist in the world of fact before they are discovered by historians.
Eliminate.
The correct answer is (C).
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What we know -
- "History" is created from ideas that are derived from an order existing in the real world of historical fact
- Historical periods tend to be defined in incompatible ways by historians with different interests
Inference:
1) Two historians with different interests will lay out the historical periods differently.
Reason: Patterns discovered in that world depend in part on the aims of the investigator
2) No two periods laid by historians with different interests are compatible
Hence, if each historian of different interests work defines the historical periods according to his interest and no two definitions are compatible we can conclude/assume that none of the historians has a common aim.
Note that the question uses a negative stem -
it cannot be assumed that ....
Hence, we have to find an option that cannot be true.
Answer Choice Elimination
A. real-world facts about art will ever be accurately represented
We cannot assume that real-world facts about art will ever be accurately represented. It is well likely that one of the definitions accurately represents real-world facts. Hence, we can eliminate this option.
B. the accounts of these historians will ever be anything but arbitrary
We know that no two representations coincide. The representations can be arbitrary. Hence, we cannot assume that the representations will not be arbitrary.
C. the periods of artistic style delineated by these historians will coincide
From the premise, we know that the representations are incompatible. Hence, we can assume that they will not coincide. Let's keep this.
D. the historical patterns defined by these historians will differ appreciably
We know that the representations will differ. Will they differ appreciably, we don't know that. Hence, we cannot comment anything on this. Maybe the representations differ or maybe not.
E. there are any facts from which patterns of artistic style may be derived
This is possible. We can have facts from which patterns of artistic style may be derived. Hence, we can eliminate this option.
Option C
