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Meanings of reductio ad absurdum in English

Russian
доведение до абсурда
Portuguese
reductio ad absurdum
Spanish
reductio ad absurdum
Catalan
reducció a l'absurd

Form of argument in informal logic.

Related terms
доведение до абсурда
Portuguese
prova por contradição
Catalan
reducció a l'absurd

(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.

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prova por contradição
Usage of reductio ad absurdum in English
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If this be not a reductio ad absurdum, we do not know what is.
Miscellaneous Writings and Speeches — Volume 2
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I have followed it up, and I find your theory a ' reductio ad absurdum.'
A Beautiful Possibility
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Many interpreters have regarded the Parmenides as a ' reductio ad absurdum' of the Eleatic philosophy.
Parmenides
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Is not such an alternative so extravagant as to be a complete reductio ad absurdum?
The Christian Life: Its Course, Its Hindrances, and Its Helps
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But they may also represent a reductio ad absurdum because the figures simply don't stack up.
The Irish Times
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Well, if you apply any scientific test known to me, you will achieve a reductio ad absurdum.
The Doctor's Dilemma
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I'll-I'llbe the original reductio ad absurdum.
When a Man Marries
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Is not this a " reductio ad absurdum" of the hypothesis that knowledge is sensible perception?
Theaetetus
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A reductio ad absurdum immediately occurs.
The Destiny of the Soul: A Critical History of the Doctrine of a...
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The reconstitution of this particular dream illustrates the reductio ad absurdum of the two previous psycho-analytic "solutions."
The Journal of Abnormal Psychology, Volume 10
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The narrative premise of men fighting out their insecurities was the ultimate reductio ad absurdum of the therapy mindset.
The Guardian
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A literal application of her theory to man today is enough to bring it to a reductio ad absurdum.
In Defense of Women
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The Minister's decision completes a process of reductio ad absurdum, finally revealing to us the problems inherent in community rating.
The Irish Times
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The case of Paula Jones is-fornow, at least-thereductio ad absurdum of the proposition that the personal is the political.
The new yorker
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The reductio ad absurdum of the good-looking white-male anchor is David Muir, who last year succeeded Sawyer at ABC's World News Tonight.
NY Magazine
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This is implied in the reductio ad absurdum that 'justice is a thief,' and in the dissatisfaction which Socrates expresses at the final result.
The Republic
Translations for reductio ad absurdum