31. ?-I think you did misunderstand Hammersofts ( and also my ) " reductio ad absurdum " of'pattern '. 32. The " reductio ad absurdum " argument ( or proof by contradiction ) has been traced to him. 33. It is a reductio ad absurdum . 34. For example, as a consequence of this the form of proof known as reductio ad absurdum is suspect. 35. :: Reductio ad absurdum depends on the law of excluded middle-put simply, each statement is either true or false. 36. Zeno used " reductio ad absurdum ", to demonstrate the illusory nature of change and time in his paradoxes. 37. The method of exhaustion typically required a form of proof by contradiction, known as " reductio ad absurdum ". 38. It is somewhat of a Reductio ad absurdum , taking everyone's positions and sifting them down to an absurd abstract. 39. In the words of " Archibald Henderson described it as " the reductio ad absurdum of the Candidamaniacs ". 40. The reductio ad absurdum of such a restricted news diet is Jim Bunning, the newly re-elected senator from Kentucky.