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Consider two propositions: | Consider two propositions: | ||
* A, which is hard to attack ; | * A, which is hard to attack ; | ||
* B, which is easy to attack. | * B, which is easy to attack. | ||
Whereas the straw man fallacy consists in ''attacking'' proposition A | Whereas the straw man fallacy consists in ''attacking'' proposition A by attacking instead proposition B, the reverse straw man consists in ''defending'' proposition B by defending proposition A. | ||
It’s a form of [[non sequitur]]: accepting A would imply to accept B, or a form of [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Equivocation equivocation]. | |||
In its extreme form ([[antonym fallacy]]), proposition B is the exact opposite of A, thus akin to the [[Schrödinger’s razor fallacy. | |||
L’homme de paille inversé consiste alors à faire accepter une proposition en argumentant en faveur de son contraire, en jouant sur les définitions, utilisant des définitions [[anti-concept]]uelles intermédiaires ([[définition par traits secondaires]]), voire des [[intellectual package dealing]]s. | |||
= Exemples = | = Exemples = | ||
Revision as of 01:49, 20 April 2018
The reverse straw man fallacy is the opposite of the straw man fallacy. Consider two propositions:
- A, which is hard to attack ;
- B, which is easy to attack.
Whereas the straw man fallacy consists in attacking proposition A by attacking instead proposition B, the reverse straw man consists in defending proposition B by defending proposition A.
It’s a form of non sequitur: accepting A would imply to accept B, or a form of equivocation.
In its extreme form (antonym fallacy), proposition B is the exact opposite of A, thus akin to the [[Schrödinger’s razor fallacy.
L’homme de paille inversé consiste alors à faire accepter une proposition en argumentant en faveur de son contraire, en jouant sur les définitions, utilisant des définitions anti-conceptuelles intermédiaires (définition par traits secondaires), voire des intellectual package dealings.
Exemples
barking cat
borders
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