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| '''Reductio ad absurdum''' (Latin: "reduction to the absurd") is a form of ] in which a ] is disproven by following its implications to a logical but absurd consequence. |
'''Reductio ad absurdum''' (Latin: "reduction to the absurd") is a form of ] in which a ] is disproven by following its implications to a logical but absurd consequence. It is an argument for which an assumption is shown to be false because it leads to a contradiction (for example a proposition of the form ‘p and not-p’). | ||
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- For the mathematical form of proof by contradiction, see Proof by contradiction.
Reductio ad absurdum (Latin: "reduction to the absurd") is a form of argument in which a proposition is disproven by following its implications to a logical but absurd consequence. It is an argument for which an assumption is shown to be false because it leads to a contradiction (for example a proposition of the form ‘p and not-p’).
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