Location
University of Windsor
Document Type
Paper
Keywords
iron man fallacy, straw man fallacy, weak man fallacy
Start Date
22-5-2013 9:00 AM
End Date
25-5-2013 5:00 PM
Abstract
The straw man fallacy consists in inappropriately constructing or selecting weak (or comparatively weaker) versions of the opposition's arguments. We will survey the three forms of straw men recognized in the literature, the straw, weak, and hollow man. We will then make the case that there are examples of inappropriately reconstructing stronger versions of the opposition's arguments. Such cases we will call iron man fallacies.
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James B. Freeman, Commentary on: Scott Aikin and John Casey's "Don't feed the trolls: Straw men and iron men"
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James B. Freeman, Commentary on: Scott Aikin and John Casey's "Don't feed the trolls: Straw men and iron men" (May 2013)
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The straw man fallacy consists in inappropriately constructing or selecting weak (or comparatively weaker) versions of the opposition's arguments. We will survey the three forms of straw men recognized in the literature, the straw, weak, and hollow man. We will then make the case that there are examples of inappropriately reconstructing stronger versions of the opposition's arguments. Such cases we will call iron man fallacies.
