It is a Adjective Phrase :)
<span>Scholaticism merges theology- specifically Christian theology- with Aristotelian logic. Theological truth guides Aristotelian inquiry in this particular methodology. One notable example is Thomas Aquinas. Yet the same can be said for the muslims, such as Averroes and Avicenna, who around the same general time, sought to apply Aristotelian logic within their own theological systems.</span>
A)as because it's used to connect the dependent clause to the independent clause (as is also one of the most popular subordinating conjunctions)
Yes your motive is clear and you used a choice of words.
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