Arguments

Question 1

Reductio ad absurdum

Answer 1

Attempts to establish a claim by showing that the opposite scenario would lead to absurdity or contradiction.

Proving not-P
1. P (earth is flat)
2. P -> Q (flat earth would have an edge)
3. Q is absurd (people would have fallen off the edge)
4. not-Q (not the case that anyone has fallen of the edge)
5. Therefore not-P (earth is not flat)

Question 2

Strawman

Answer 2

Purposefully misrepresenting an argument to make it appear a lot weaker than it is.

Question 3

Transcendental