disproof of a proposition by showing an absurdity to which it leads when carried to its logical conclusion
http://www.fivedoves.com/letters/dec2013/donnad1220-2.htmThe SOURCE article starts with: "A SATIRICAL ESSAY".You have to be careful with this reductio ad absurdum stuff:disproof of a proposition by showing an absurdity to which it leads when carried to its logical conclusionJonathan Swift's, A MODEST PROPOSAL, stands as the masterpiece of this tongue in cheek genre. Unfortunately, people are easily deceived (myself included) and take the comedy as literal truth!