O conectivo moreover e seu equivalente

Stupidity permeates our perception and practice of politics. We frequently accuse politicians, bureaucrats, journalists, voters, “elites,” and “the masses” for their stupidities. In fact, it is not only “populist politicians,” “sensational journalism,” and “uneducated voters” who are accused of stupidity. Similar accusations can be, and in fact have been, made concerning those who criticize them as well. It seems that stupidity is ubiquitous, unable to be contained within or attributed to one specific political position, personal trait, or even ignorance and erroneous reasoning. Undertaking a theoretical investigation of stupidity, Nabutaka Otobe challenges the assumption that stupidity can be avoided. The author argues that the very ubiquity of stupidity implies its unavoidability — that we cannot contain it in such domains as error, ignorance, or “post-truth.” What we witness is rather that one’s reasoning can be sound, evidence-based, and stupid. In revealing this unavoidability, he contends that stupidity is an ineluctable problem not only of politics, but also of thinking. We become stupid because we think: it is impossible to distinguish a priori stupid thought from upright, righteous thought. Moreover, the failure to address the unavoidability of stupidity leads political theory to the failure to acknowledge the productive moments that experiences of stupidity harbor within. Such productive moments constitute the potential of stupidity — that radical new ideas can emerge out of our seemingly banal and stupid thinking in our daily political activity. Fonte: https://www.routledge.com/. Publicado em 12/10/2020. Acesso em 20/08/2021.

Fonte: Routledge, 2020-10-12.

O termo “moreover”, destacado em itálico no excerto do segundo parágrafo, “Moreover, the failure to address the unavoidability of stupidity leads political theory to the failure”, pode ser substituído, sem prejuízo de significado, por

A) furthermore.
B) although.
C) nevertheless.
D) unlikely.
E) even though.

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Resposta correta: A

O gabarito é A. Em “Moreover, the failure to address the unavoidability of stupidity leads political theory to the failure to acknowledge the productive moments”, o conectivo acrescenta mais uma consequência à tese já apresentada — a de que a estupidez é inevitável e é problema também do pensamento —, sem opor nada ao que foi dito. Furthermore tem exatamente esse valor aditivo e ocupa a mesma posição inicial seguida de vírgula, o que garante sentido e correção. Os distratores B (although), C (nevertheless) e E (even though) marcam contraste ou concessão e criariam uma ruptura argumentativa que o parágrafo não tem; além disso, although e even though são conjunções subordinativas e exigiriam uma oração adjunta, não uma frase independente. D (unlikely) sequer é conectivo: é adjetivo com sentido de “improvável”, e não articularia as duas ideias.

O conectivo moreover e seu equivalente

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