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Subject:Re: Terminology quibble (was: Real value ...) From:Bruce Byfield <bbyfield -at- axionet -dot- com> To:"TECHWR-L" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com> Date:Fri, 10 Nov 2000 14:53:45 -0800
Sandy Harris wrote:
>
> That's not what "reductio ad absurdum" means.
> It actually means a specific method of proof.
>
There's two meanings of the phrase: a logical fallacy (the sense
that I was using) and a method of proof (which you described).
But after slamming a school of rhetorical study earlier this week,
maybe I shouldn't use a phrase from the classical ones :-)
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