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Categories: Arguments, Latin philosophical phrases, Madhyamaka, Latin logical phrases, Pyrrhonism

reductio ad absurdum reductio Absurd argument ad absurdum Apagoge

(reduction to the absurd) a disproof by showing that the consequences of the proposition are absurd; or a proof of a proposition by showing that its negation leads to a contradiction WordNet 3.0

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(reduction to the absurd) a disproof by showing that the consequences of the proposition are absurd; or a proof of a proposition by showing that its negation leads to a contradiction WordNet 3.0 & Open English WordNet

In logic, reductio ad absurdum, also known as argumentum ad absurdum or apagogical arguments, is the form of argument that attempts to establish a claim by showing that the opposite scenario would lead to absurdity or contradiction. Wikipedia

A type of logical argument Wikipedia Disambiguation

Form of argument in informal logic Wikidata

The method of proving a statement by assuming the statement is false and, with that assumption, arriving at a blatant contradiction. Wiktionary

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disproof

theorem

HAS KIND

money pump

HAS INSTANCE

proof by contradiction

DESCRIBED BY SOURCE

Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary