MCAT Critical Analysis and Reasoning Skills Question 15: Answer and Explanation
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Question: 15
4. The claim "causation is nothing that is intrinsic to any particular object" most nearly means that objects:
- A. can never be adequately comprehended by the human mind.
- B. are by nature effects rather than causes.
- C. can be understood as causes only relative to other entities.
- D. cannot be the cause of other objects.
Correct Answer: C
Explanation:
After locating and analyzing the relevant text, it's helpful to make a prediction about how to complete the sentence after the colon. For instance, the equivalent claim could be that "objects cannot be causes by themselves" (which stresses the first half of the sentence from P2) or something like "objects are not causes unless they have effects" (which stresses the second half).
Choice (C) presents a match for the latter prediction, saying "objects can be understood as causes only relative to other entities."