Two Forms of the Straw Man

Author: Talisse Robert   Aikin Scott  

Publisher: Springer Publishing Company

ISSN: 0920-427X

Source: Argumentation, Vol.20, Iss.3, 2006-09, pp. : 345-352

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Abstract

The authors identify and offer an analysis of a new form of the Straw Man fallacy, and then explore the implications of the prevalence of this fallacy for contemporary political discourse.