This video is designed to help students, lifelong learners and professionals understand the Fallacy of Straw Man -- a common mistake in reasoning and argument.

In this video, I discuss what the fallacy is, map out its basic structure, point out what goes wrong with reasoning in the fallacy, examine three easy-to-understand examples, and give you advice about how to spot and avoid the fallacy.

This is part of a whole series of videos discussing common fallacies. To see the whole series, you can click here: [ Ссылка ]

Intro music is YouTube's public domain mp3, "Keep It Tight," by John Deley.

Gregory B. Sadler is the president and co-founder of ReasonIO. The content of this video is provided here as part of ReasonIO's mission of putting philosophy into practice -- making complex philosophical texts and thinkers accessible for students and lifelong learners. If you'd like to make a contribution to help fund Dr. Sadler's ongoing educational projects, you can click here: [ Ссылка ]

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