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Attempting to Show That a Statement Is False by Proving

Question 22

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Attempting to show that a statement is false by proving that it logically implies something that is clearly false or absurd is known as _____.

A) reducing to the absurd ( reductio ad absurdum)
B) conditional disproof
C) false entailment
D) refutation by counterexample

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