reductio ad absurdum

reductio ad absurdum englannista suomeksi

1. reductio ad absurdum

0. Substantiivi

reductio ad absurdum englanniksi

1. The method of disproving a statement by assuming the statement is true and, with that assumption, arriving at a blatant contradiction.

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2. (quote-book)|year=1894|pages=149–150|passage=“You, gentlemen, as representatives of that institution which recognizes only truths that are deduced from ''reductio ad absurdums'' will probably have no difficulty in perceiving the truth of this absurdity and hence be ready to excuse the outcome of it—my absence.”

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4. (l); reduction to the absurd