- From: Erik Vorhes <erik@textivism.com>
- Date: Tue, 6 Oct 2009 15:36:48 -0500
On Tue, Oct 6, 2009 at 3:31 PM, tjeddo <tjeddo at gmail.com> wrote: > > Erik, Just so you are aware in the future, reductio ad absurdum (aka > proof by contradiction) > is a legitimate technique used in mathematics and logic to deductively > prove statements. > I'm not sure your usage of that phrase is correct or common--that is, > to simply call someones argument > absurd. ?If you realize that someones argument is absurd it means you > have identified at least > one invalid statement in the argument. Apologies for the error; in both instances I meant to use "slippery slope."
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