22 OCT 2013 by ideonexus
The Steel Man Argument
Sometimes the term "steel man" is used to refer to a position's or argument's improved form. A straw man is a misrepresentation of someone's position or argument that is easy to defeat: a "steel man" is an improvement of someone's position or argument that is harder to defeat than their originally stated position or argument.Folksonomies: debate
Folksonomies: debate
Contrasts with the straw man, work from an idealized articulation of your opponent's viewpoint and try to improve upon it.