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A 'reduction to absurdity' argument is used to show some particular position cannot be the case as its consequences are either clearly impossible, or contradict one of the assumptions on which the position is based.
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A 'reduction to absurdity' argument is used to show some particular position cannot be the case as its consequences are either clearly impossible, or contradict one of the assumptions on which the position is based.