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From a book "Contraduction" by Dan Barker, president of the Freedom From Religion Foundation.
Citation below from contraduction.com
contraduction
con•tra•duce
verb
invert an order, whether of time, motion, position, causality or relationship.
“Dawkins was able to contraduce that genes are not here for us; we are here for genes.”
con•tra•duc•tion
noun
The act of contraducing something.
“The human point of view can result in many contraductions.”
An informal fallacy that inverts reality.
“The idea that the sun rises is a contraduction.”
con•tra•duc•to•ry
adjective
Involving, causing, or constituting a contraduction.
“Whichever way the causal arrow points, the opposite way is contraductory.”
Fallaciously inverted.
“It is contraductory to think that the crowing of the rooster causes the dawn.”
December 6, 2024