Eliminating options

GRE Verbal Problem Solving
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Documenting science’s ----- philosophy would be -------, since it is almost axiomatic that many
philosophers use scientific concepts as the foundations for their speculations.

(A) distrust of … elementary
(B) influence on … superfluous
(C) reliance on … inappropriate
(D) dependence on … difficult
(E) differences from . .impossible

I have 2 doubts isn’t this a double possibility in the sense that

- documenting science’s backed philosophy would be useless.

- documenting science’s rejected philosophy would be useful.

is option e eliminated because with blank 1 as difference we should be getting crucial for blank 2 but we got impossible ? doesn’t impossible work as it is axiomatic that philosophers use science? Don’t you think option e is correct as well ?

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You’re right - it’s a DP.

Just because you can construct logic for a choice doesn’t mean it’s sound logic. If it is impossible to document how science is different from philosophy, then the next clause would have to say something like “because science and philosophy are the same / interchangeable”.

Saying that philosophy “uses scientific concepts” may or may not mean it’s impossible to document their differences.