INDIRECT REDUCTION


Meaning of INDIRECT REDUCTION in English

noun

1. : the process of reducing a syllogistic argument to the first figure by taking the contradictory of the conclusion as a premise and getting the contradictory of one premise as the new conclusion — contrasted with direct reduction

2. also indirect proof : a reductio ad absurdum

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