Emanuela Brun Psychologist Msc

The strawman fallacy is a logical fallacy that occurs when someone responds to an argument by misrepresenting, oversimplifying, or exaggerating it and then attacking this distorted version instead of addressing the original position. This can create the impression that the initial argument has been successfully refuted, when in reality, the discussion has shifted toward a position that the other person may never have expressed. A simple example would be someone saying, “I thi