Wikidata

(Q912820)

English

straw man argument

form of argument and an informal fallacy based on giving the impression of refuting an opponent's argument, while actually refuting an argument that was not presented by that opponent

  • Aunt Sally
  • strawman argument
  • strawman fallacy
  • straw man fallacy
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Statements

subclass of
informal fallacy
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argument
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irrelevant conclusion
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different from
straw man
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tu quoque
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strawperson
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strawman theory
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Identifiers

Freebase ID
/m/09r1f
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RationalWiki ID
Straw_man
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reference URL
https://rationalwiki.org/wiki/Straw_man
title
Straw man - RationalWiki (English)
retrieved
3 December 2021
 
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