guī
miù

technical

Meaning of 归谬法

归谬法 means reduction to absurdity; proof by contradiction. Pronounced guī miù fǎ.

  • reduction to absurdity; proof by contradiction

Definitions & Examples

Ōu
zài
zhèng
míng
zhì
shù
yǒu
qióng
duō
shí
qiǎo
miào
yùn
yòng
le
guī
miù
 

Euclid cleverly used the method of proof by contradiction to prove that there are infinitely many prime numbers.

Zài
tíng
biàn
lùn
zhōng
 
shī
yǒu
shí
huì
cǎi
yòng
guī
miù
lái
fǎn
duì
fāng
de
lùn
diǎn
 

In court debates, lawyers sometimes employ the reductio ad absurdum method to refute the opponent's argument.

Zhè
zhé
xué
bèi
lùn
de
tǎo
lùn
cháng
cháng
shè
dào
guī
miù
de
yùn
yòng
 

The discussion of this philosophical paradox often involves the application of reduction to absurdity.

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