Usage of "argument to absurdity"

русский

доведение до абсурда

португальский

reductio ad absurdum

испанский

reductio ad absurdum

каталонский

reducció a l'absurd

Form of argument in informal logic.

Похожие термины

theorem

доведение до абсурда

Синонимы

Examples for "reductio ad absurdum"

If this be not a reductio ad absurdum, we do not know what is. 
 Miscellaneous Writings and Speeches — Volume 2 

I have followed it up, and I find your theory a ' reductio ad absurdum.' 
 A Beautiful Possibility 

Many interpreters have regarded the Parmenides as a ' reductio ad absurdum' of the Eleatic philosophy. 
 Parmenides 

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 

But they may also represent a reductio ad absurdum because the figures simply don't stack up. 
 The Irish Times 

No reduction to absurdity could be more thorough. 
 History of the Warfare of Science with Theology in Christendom 

Использование термина argument to absurdity на английском

Tipler also offers his own theory on sex in the afterlife, conveniently reducing his argument to absurdity. 
 Skeptics and true believers: the exhilarating connection between... 

Translations for argument to absurdity

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Значения термина argument to absurdity на английском