Straw man
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| − | Logical fallacy in which one person deliberately misrepresents the position of another. The analogy is that the person making the argument is setting up a scarecrow that looks like his opponent, but is easy to knock down and will not put up a fight. | + | [[Logical fallacy]] in which one person deliberately misrepresents the position of another. The analogy is that the person making the argument is setting up a scarecrow that looks like his opponent, but is easy to knock down and will not put up a fight. |
[[Category: Logical fallacies]] | [[Category: Logical fallacies]] | ||
Revision as of 12:29, 20 June 2006
Logical fallacy in which one person deliberately misrepresents the position of another. The analogy is that the person making the argument is setting up a scarecrow that looks like his opponent, but is easy to knock down and will not put up a fight.
