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Reductio ad absurdum is a mode of argumentation that seeks to establish a contention by deriving an absurdity from its denial, thus arguing that a thesis must be accepted because its rejection would be untenable.
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Find a word ... n. n. 'reduction to absurdity'; proving a proposition by showing that its opposite is absurd; disproving a proposition by deducing from it an absurd conclusion; such conclusion. ... Tiscali Quicklinks. Please visit our Accessibility Page for a list of the Access Keys you can use to find your way around the site,
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The reductio ad absurdum is an argument form which works backward from an absurd conclusion to show that a premise of the argument must be false. For example:
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A similar technique is known as reductio ad absurdum. Again, we wish to establish . Suppose that we know r is a true statement. As with proof by contradiction we assume p and the negation of q to be true. Suppose we can now show that these imply that the negation of r is true (or that r is false).
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Definitions of Basic Terminology ... Analogical Argument (Argument by analogy); An inductive argument, one premise of which is points out a likeness between two kinds of things. ... We can also show them unsound by using a reductio ad absurdum.
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Ad Hominem (Argument To The Man): attacking the person instead of attacking his argument. For example, "Von Daniken's books about ancient astronauts are worthless because he is a convicted forger and embezzler." (Which ... It is also a relative of Reductio Ad Absurdum, where you temporarily assume the truth of something.
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A reductio ad absurdum, also called indirect proof, is a legitimate tool under the right circumstances. In the tradition of Zeno and Euclid, it is a proof which works by discovering a contradiction in a proposition opposite to one under discussion.
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