Reasoning
Reductio ad absurdum
- ar
- البرهان بالخلف
- fr
- Raisonnement par l'absurde
Showing a thesis to be absurd by its contradiction with logic or reality: refuting one idea to establish another.
بيان لا معقولية أطروحة بإبراز تناقضها مع المنطق أو مع الواقع، نفيا لفكرة وإثباتا لأخرى.
Appears in
- Glossary of Reasoning ToolsCore Objectives: Problematization, Conceptualization, Argumentation7 occ.
- Arguments by Association (Liaison)Core Objectives: Problematization, Conceptualization, Argumentation5 occ.
- Philosophical Argumentation: Argument and DemonstrationCore Objectives: Problematization, Conceptualization, Argumentation1 occ.
- Exercises in Philosophical ArgumentationExercises and Worksheets1 occ.