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through addressing the strongest form of the other person's argument, even if it is not the one they explicitly presented. Creating the strongest form of the opponent's argument may involve removing flawed assumptions that could be easily refuted or developing the strongest points which counter one's
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The typical straw man argument creates the illusion of having refuted or defeated an opponent's proposition through the covert replacement of it with a different proposition (i.e., "stand up a straw man") and the subsequent refutation of that false argument ("knock down a straw man"), instead of the
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This was a straw man response; his critics had never criticized the dog as a gift or suggested he return it. This argument was successful at distracting many people from the funds and portraying his critics as nitpicking and heartless. Nixon received an outpouring of public support and remained on
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Tindale comments that "the portrait painted of Darwinian ideology is a caricature, one not borne out by any objective survey of the works cited." The fact that similar misrepresentations of Darwinian thinking have been used to justify and approve racist practices is beside the point: the position
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The selection form focuses on a partial and weaker (and easier to refute) representation of the opponent's position. Then the easier refutation of this weaker position is claimed to refute the opponent's complete position. They point out the similarity of the selection form to the fallacy of
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that the legislation is attacking and dismissing is a straw man. In subsequent debate, this error was recognized, and the eventual bill omitted all mention of Darwin and Darwinist ideology. Darwin passionately opposed slavery and worked to intellectually confront the notions of "
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In 2006, Robert Talisse and Scott Aikin expanded the application and use of the straw man fallacy beyond that of previous rhetorical scholars, arguing that the straw man fallacy can take two forms: the original form that misrepresents the opponent's position, which they call the
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I submit to you that if you can't take this evidence and find these defendants guilty on this evidence then we might as well open all the banks and say, "Come on and get the money, boys," because we'll never be able to convict
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of refuting an argument different from the one actually under discussion, while not recognizing or acknowledging the distinction. One who engages in this fallacy is said to be "attacking a straw man".
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My answer is, that this sort of argument is common to all those who write against Luther. They assert the very things they assail, or they set up a man of straw whom they may attack.
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In the quote, he responds to arguments of the Roman Catholic Church and clergy attempting to delegitimize his criticisms, specifically on the correct way to serve the
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Luther's Latin text does not use the phrase "man of straw". This is used in a widespread early 20th century English translation of his work, the Philadelphia Edition
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This was a straw man designed to alarm the appellate judges; the chance that the precedent set by one case would literally make it impossible to convict
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Respondeo, id genus disputandi omnibus familiare esse, qui contra Lutherum scribunt, ut hoc asserant quod impugnant, aut fingant quod impugnent.
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is that it refers to men who stood outside courthouses with a straw in their shoe to signal their willingness to be a false witness. The
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It was a little cocker spaniel dog, in a crate he had sent all the way from Texas, black and white, spotted, and our little girl
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Aikin and Casey expanded on this model in 2010, introducing a third form. Referring to the "representative form" as the classic
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Demir, Yeliz (2018). "Derailment of strategic maneuvering in a multi-participant TV debate: The fallacy of ignoratio elenchi".
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Quoting an opponent's words out of context—i.e., choosing quotations that misrepresent the opponent's intentions (see
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states that the term "man of straw" can be traced back to 1620 as "an easily refuted imaginary opponent in an argument."
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The term's origins are a matter of debate, though the usage of the term in rhetoric suggests a human figure made of
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Therefore, be it resolved that the legislature of Louisiana does hereby deplore all instances and all ideologies of
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own position. Developing counters to steel man arguments may produce a stronger argument for one's own position.
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The Description of England : The Classic Contemporary Account of Tudor Social Life, ed. George Edelen
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As a fallacy, the identification and name of straw man arguments are of relatively recent date, although
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In a 1977 appeal of a U.S. bank robbery conviction, a prosecuting attorney said in his oral argument:
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has shot a cannon (labeled McKinley's Letter) that has involved a "straw man" and its constructors (
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presents, as an example, the following passage from a draft of a bill (HCR 74) considered by the
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Exaggerating (sometimes grossly) an opponent's argument, then attacking this exaggerated version.
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identified "the first inclusion of it we can find in a textbook as an informal fallacy" in
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Darwin's Sacred Cause: How a Hatred of Slavery Shaped Darwin's Views on Human Evolution
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Oversimplifying an opponent's argument, then attacking this oversimplified version.
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A variation on the selection form, or "weak man" argument, that combines with an
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opponent's proposition. Straw man arguments have been used throughout history in
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defender, then denying that person's arguments—thus giving the appearance that
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upholder of that position (and thus the position itself) has been defeated.
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Attacking Faulty Reasoning: A Practical Guide to Fallacy-Free Arguments
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Works of Martin Luther : With Introductions and Notes, Volume 2
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blames his opponents for misrepresenting his arguments in his work
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Straw man tactics in the United Kingdom may also be known as an
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postulate a hierarchy of superior and inferior races. . . .
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Litigation Logic: A Practical Guide to Effective Argument
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Another example of a strawman argument is U.S. president
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How to Win Every Argument: The Use and Abuse of Logic
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Presenting someone who defends a position poorly as
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Index

Straw man (disambiguation)

William McKinley
Carl Schurz
Oswald Garrison Villard
Richard Olney
Harper's Weekly
informal fallacy
polemical debate
Aunt Sally
skittle
fallacy
fallacy of relevance
fallacy of quoting out of context
hasty generalization
weasel words
ad hominem
fallacy of composition
Kevin Drum
cherry picking
principle of charity
Richard Nixon
Checkers speech
Fala speech
Tricia
Christopher Tindale
Louisiana State Legislature
Charles Darwin
On the Origin of Species
The Descent of Man

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