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Straw man

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This fallacy is where a person argues against an position similar to but weaker than their opponent’s actual position.

Pattern:

  • A person holds to position A but their opponent argues against position B, which is similar to position A but weaker, as though it were position A.

Example:

  • E. Creationists claim that species are fixed, but not only is there great variety with in species but species have been observed as coming from other species.
  • C: This is a fallacy because Creationists do not claim that species are fixed, but that Created kinds are fixed, with a great amount of variety within the Created kinds

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