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The straw man fallacy is a type of logical fallacy.

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Is it true that the straw man fallacy is a type of logical fallacy?

Yes. Multiple reference and peer-reviewed sources explicitly describe the straw man as a fallacy, including a book on fallacy theory and an encyclopedia entry stating it is a fallacy.

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Straw man arguments: a study in fallacy theory
2022
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Straw man arguments: a study in fallacy theory. (2022). opac.k10plus.de. https://opac.k10plus.de/

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Straw Man Fallacy of the Complete Conversation System Claim against the Turing Test
2024
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Łupkowski, P. (2024). Straw Man Fallacy of the Complete Conversation System Claim against the Turing Test. doi.org. https://doi.org/10.33392/diam.1856

Beneficial or detrimental ignorance : the straw man fallacy of Flyvbjerg's test of Hirschman's Hiding Hand
2018
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A., I. L. (2018). Beneficial or detrimental ignorance : the straw man fallacy of Flyvbjerg's test of Hirschman's Hiding Hand. doi.org. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.worlddev.2017.10.016

Logical Flaws In Indonesian Students’ Argumentative Essays
2017
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Logical Flaws In Indonesian Students’ Argumentative Essays. (2017). doi.org. https://doi.org/10.18502/kss.v1i3.756

Straw man
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Straw man. (n.d.). en.wikipedia.org. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Straw_man

The Pragmatics of Straw Man Fallacies: An Experimental Approach
2025
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The Pragmatics of Straw Man Fallacies: An Experimental Approach. (2025). library.oapen.org. https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/105454/1/9783031940941.pdf

Global Logic System Level 6 Fine-Grained Core Knowledge Graph: Classical Axioms, Deductive Rules, Fallacy Types, and Intermediate-to-Advanced Formal Logic Methodology Dataset
2025
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Global Logic System Level 6 Fine-Grained Core Knowledge Graph: Classical Axioms, Deductive Rules, Fallacy Types, and Intermediate-to-Advanced Formal Logic Methodology Dataset. (2025). doi.org. https://doi.org/10.7910/DVN/JIZCHD

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