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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 _____.

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  1. modus tollens
  2. modus ponens
  3. hypothetical syllogism
  4. reductio ad absurdum

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philosophy

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