On Mon, 12 May 2008 09:36:10 -0700 (PDT), Carl <saints@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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wrote:
>Straw man. Fallacy of establi****ng a position, claiming it is the
>opponent’s position, and then attacking it, when it is not in fact the
>opponent’s position at all. [Norman Geisler & Ronald Brooks: Come, Let
>Us Reason : An Introduction to Logical Thinking. Grand Rapids, Mich. :
>Baker Book House, 1990, S. 194]
>
>Straw man. This is the fallacy of refuting a caricatured or extreme
>version of somebody's argument, rather than the actual argument
>they've made. Often this fallacy involves putting words into
>somebody's mouth by saying they've made arguments they haven't
>actually made, in which case the straw man argument is a veiled
>version of argumentum ad logicam. [Glen Whitman, Associate Professor;
>California State University, Northridge]
>
>Straw man. A straw man argument is one that misrepresents a position
>in order to make it appear weaker than it actually is, refutes this
>misrepresentation of the position, and then concludes that the real
>position has been refuted. This, of course, is a fallacy, because the
>position that has been claimed to be refuted is different to that
>which has actually been refuted; the real target of the argument is
>untouched by it. [Tim Holt; http://www.logicalfallacies.info/]
>
>Straw man. A Straw Man occurs when an opponent takes the original
>argument of his/her adversary and then offers a close imitation, or
>straw man, version of the original argument; "knocks down" the straw
>man version of the argument (because the straw man, as its name
>implies, is a much easier target to hit, undermine, etc.) -- and
>thereby gives the appearance of having successfully countered/overcome/
>answered the original argument. [Dr. Charles Ess; A Database of
>Informal Fallacies; 1987]
>
>Straw man. The author attacks an argument different from (and weaker
>than) the opposition's best argument. [Stephen’s Guide To Logical
>Fallacies; http://onegoodmove.org/fallacy/welcome.htm]
>
>Straw man. You commit the straw man fallacy whenever you attribute an
>easily refuted position to your opponent, one that the opponent
>wouldn't endorse, and then proceed to attack the easily refuted
>position believing you have undermined the opponent's actual position.
>If the misrepresentation is on purpose, then the straw man fallacy is
>caused by lying. [James Fieser, Ph.D. & Bradley Dowden, Ph.D.;
>California State University, Sacramento]
>
>Straw man. Directing the argument against a claim that nobody actually
>holds or that everyone agrees is very weak. [Rise Axelrod & Charles
>Cooper; The Concise Guide to Writing; Bedford/St. Martin's, 2005]
>
>Straw man. A straw man argument is an informal fallacy based on
>misrepresentation of an opponent's position. [Madsen Pirie; How to Win
>Every Argument: The Use and Abuse of Logic; UK: Continuum
>International Publi****ng Group, 2007]
Carl,
Anyone got a match?
Where do you dig up all of your quotes? How much time does it take
you to look them up and then cut and paste them into a response?
Wouldn't it be easier to say something original using your own words
such as Nanny Nanny Boo Boo or Nanny Nanny Boo Hoo?
BB
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