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I came across a passage in my text book that reads, 「私は科学的に正しいと考えられていることの中にも正しくないことはあると思う」 For my 中に has two means which both don’t really fit this sentence. Inside and out of (something). Could some one explain this sentence and maybe this proper meaning of 中にも. Feel free to use examples!
Thankyou.
This ～の中に means "in ～", "inside ～", "among ～" or "within ～". 中 by itself is a noun that means "interior", "middle", "content", etc. It can be used with a group (of people, objects, ideas, etc), too.
箱の中にボールがある。
There is a ball inside the box.私たちの中に殺人者がいる。
There is a murderer among us.
I suppose this is easy for you, but this sentence has several nested clauses, which seems to have confused you. Let's start from a simple sentence.
Aの中にBがある。
There is B within A.
Aの中にもBはある。
B exists also/even within A.
も = even/also, は = topic/contrast marker
Where A is:
科学的に正しいと考えられていること
things that are considered as scientifically correct
And B is:
正しくないこと
things that are incorrect
Finally, these are enclosed by 私は～と思う using quotative-と:
私は「(科学的に正しいと考えられていること)の中にも(正しくないこと)はある」と思う。
I think that there are incorrect things even among things that are considered as scientifically true.
