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A steelman is the strongest possible presentation of an argument. On Arguably.io, an argument is not defeated until its steelman is. This means that any argument addressing a weaker claim than the steelman will be considered fallacious, as such an argument would be [[Fallacy:Attacking a strawman|attacking a strawman]].
A steelman is the strongest possible presentation of an argument. On [[arguably.io]], an argument is not defeated until its steelman is. This means that any argument addressing a claim weaker than the steelman will be considered fallacious, as such an argument would be [[Fallacy:Attacking a strawman|attacking a strawman]].

Latest revision as of 05:50, 17 January 2022

A steelman is the strongest possible presentation of an argument. On arguably.io, an argument is not defeated until its steelman is. This means that any argument addressing a claim weaker than the steelman will be considered fallacious, as such an argument would be attacking a strawman.