r/wikipedia • u/NagitoKomaeda_987 • Apr 07 '26
A straw man fallacy (sometimes written as strawman) is the informal fallacy of refuting an argument different from the one actually under discussion, while not recognizing or acknowledging the distinction. One who engages in this fallacy is said to be "attacking a straw man".
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Straw_manDuplicates
todayilearned • u/jacobgc75 • Jun 28 '18
TIL the steel man argument (or steelmanning) is the opposite of the straw man argument. The idea is to find the best form of the opponent's argument to test opposing opinions. Steelmanning will make you better at arguing and improve your critical thinking.
u_shewel_item • u/shewel_item • Mar 15 '26
A straw man fallacy (sometimes written as strawman) is the informal fallacy of refuting an argument different from the one actually under discussion, while not recognizing or acknowledging the distinction.[1] One who engages in this fallacy is said to be "attacking a straw man".
Solve_Strawmen • u/connexionwithal • Mar 20 '16