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Meanings of indirect proof in English

Russian
доведение до противоречия
Portuguese
prova por absurdo
Spanish
demostracion por reduccion al absurdo
Catalan
demostració per contradicció

A form of indirect proof that establishes the truth or validity of a proposition.

Related terms
доведение до противоречия
Usage of indirect proof in English
1
This declaration, in itself an indirect proof of guilt, occasioned some commotion in the House.
Memoirs of Extraordinary Popular Delusions — Volume 1
2
Besides, there is indirect proof that Napoleon looked on our blockade of the northern coasts as not unreasonable.
The Life of Napoleon I (Volume 2 of 2)
3
An indirect proof of the diminution of the soil is to be found in the depopulation of the country.
The Earth as Modified by Human Action
4
Since a direct proof is impossible, an attempt was made to construct an indirect proof by a comparison of bodily-organs.
At the Deathbed of Darwinism: A Series of Papers
5
At present I am content with the indirect proof that the existence of such a standard is necessary to the existence of the arts.
Statesman
6
The true reason why indirect proofs are employed in different sciences is this.
The Critique of Pure Reason
7
Of its existence, independently of indirect proofs, we have a direct demonstration in the observation of MM.
The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 04, No. 26, December, 1859 / A Maga...