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reductio ad absurdum

/rɪˈdʌkʃioʊ æd əbˈsɜːrdəm/ /rɪˈdʌkʃiˌoʊ æd əbˈsɜːrdəm/

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noun

背理法

The method of proving a statement by assuming the statement is false and, with that assumption, arriving at a blatant contradiction.

Examples :

"His argument that no one should ever have homework reached a clear reductio ad absurdum when he claimed that, by extension, even surgeons shouldn't practice before operating, thereby demonstrating the flaws in his initial premise. "

宿題を誰もすべきではないという彼の主張は、拡張して、外科医でさえ手術前に練習すべきではないと主張したとき、明らかな背理法に達し、それによって彼の最初の前提の欠陥が示されました。

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