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« on: January 01, 2011, 09:08:13 PM »

You're not quite right on what a strawman fallacy is, either.  It's:

Someguy forwards x.
Strawmanner attacks and defeats y.
Strawmanner claims he has defeated x.

Your strawman example is:

Someguy forwards x.
Strawmanner attacks and defeats y.
Strawmanner claims he has defeated y.

Which is not a logical fallacy, just missing the point.  (Even if one argues there is an implicit rejection present, I think there is an implicit argument in your first example, but you treat it formally [as if it only means what it literally says] so you can't really assume an implicit message elsewhere.)

Just how do you explain the origins of your extremely logical mind, Alcon?  Have you considered becoming a philosophy major?  You just might be good enough to get one of those handful of tenured professorial positions in academia.  Smiley
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