Consider the following argument: “Every chicken is born from a chicken egg that has alread
y been laid. Every chicken egg is laid by a chicken who has already been born. Therefore, there cannot be a first generation of chickens. And so if there are any chickens today, there must have been infinitely many generations of chickens before today.” Which of the following would constitute a reductio ad absurdum of this argument?
A.a living chicken
B.a dead chicken
C.historical evidence that there are only finitely many generations of any extant species
D.the combination of A and B,but not C
E.the combination of A and C,but not B