Multiple Choice
If you assume that a set of statements is true, and yet you can deduce a false or absurd statement from it, then the original set of statements as a whole must be false. This kind of argument is known as
A) modus tollens.
B) modus ponens.
C) hypothetical syllogism.
D) reductio ad absurdum.
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