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...''ridicule''', also called appeal to mockery, the Horse Laugh, or reductio ad ridiculum ([[Latin]]: "reduction to the ridiculous"), is a [https://en.wiki ...fused with [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reductio_ad_absurdum reductio ad absurdum], which is a valid [[type]] of logical [[argument]].

...ept rules such as double negation elimination and the use of [[reductio ad absurdum]] to prove the existence of something.

...hes amidst them…) common to this literature may be intended, ''reductio ad absurdum'', to convey the truly ineffable nature of the ecstatic experience.