Question 26 Verbal Ability and Reading Comprehension 2017 Medium MCQ +3.00 marks · -1.00 negative

Both Socrates and Bacon were very good at asking useful questions. In fact, Socrates is largely credited with coming up with a way of asking questions, ‘the Socratic method’, which itself is at the core of the ‘scientific method’, popularized by Bacon. The Socratic method…

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The passage given below is followed by four summaries. Choose the option that best captures the author’s position.

A. Both Socrates and Bacon advocated clever questioning of the opponents to disprove their argument and theories. B. Both Socrates and Bacon advocated challenging arguments and theories by observation and experimentation. C. Both Socrates and Bacon advocated confirming arguments and theories by finding exceptions. D. Both Socrates and Bacon advocated examining arguments and theories from both sides to prove them.

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