For some reason, this strikes me as the reductio ad absurdum of the whole project. |
Also, employing reductio ad absurdum to show the rigor of syllogistical uses, is a recognition that it's exterior and prior to the syllogism. |
This seems to be a reductio ad absurdum of the complex and sometimes paradoxical workings of the law of cause and effect. |
The argument that says no individual has power leads to a reductio ad absurdum. |
With the tighter provisions envisaged here, I see a risk that the report's intention, namely to simplify, will be pursued ad absurdum. |
And so Gersonides proceeds to demolish Maimonides's position by reducing it ad absurdum. |