The Internalist Justificatory Function of Reductio ad Absurdum

Manuel Arnulfo Cañas Muñoz

Аннотация


In the present essay it is discussed the main features of reductio ad absurdum as a source of justification. These properties areconsequences of the employment of contradictions as a reason for proving if a statement is true. Although a valid deductive argument can build an internalistic justification, I would suggest that the justification obtained by reductio ad absurdum cannot be externalist. This is because contradictions as reasons can be considered internal states from different definitions.

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.52119/LPHS.2021.92.99.006

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