Query about question "The philosopher's latest treatise on..." [6143]

Link: https://www.gregmat.com/problems/verbal?problem=the-philosophers-latest-treatise-on


for this, i looked for a “contrast”, and decided to pick “didactic” which could be opposed to a “nuanced synthesis”. i’d love to understand how the answer is “incompatible”.

Hi,

Sorry for the late reply. Firstly this is a GregMat problem, not an ETS one so I wouldn’t worry about it too much.

You’re right that didactic somewhat contrasts with “nuanced”, but the blank is more asking us to support the idea of “reconciling” - which means to bring together two things that are fighting/don’t fit.

Just because two theories are didactic doesn’t mean we have to reconcile them, they might both be didactic with the same POV