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Saturday, January 15, 2005

Examples of False Positioning

The advocate attacks a weakened, exaggerated, or over-simplified form of the opponent's position rather than the real position.

Commonly referred to as a "straw man argument". For a comprehensive and considered written commentary on False Positioning (and other fallacies) - see The skeptic's field guide to spotting fallacies in thinking - Humbug!

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