That said, the slippery-slope argument is pretty much everywhere these days, at least in the media and in politics. Bill O’REILLY: If we make the ARs, you have to register them or they’re banned, then the next step is the handgun. That’s the slippery slope. ...
Slippery slope arguments (SSAs) of the form if A, then C describe an initial proposal (A) and a predicted, undesirable consequence of this proposal (C) (e.g., “If cannabis is ever legalized, then eventually cocaine will be legalized, too”). Despite SSAs being a common rhetorical device...
slippery slopeargumentationinferenceinformal logicThe paper addresses so-called slippery slope arguments, which are usually used as warnings against accepting a certain view or undertaking some action for the reason of their negative consequences. Two types of this kind of arguments might be recogn...
A "slippery slope argument" is a type of argument in which a first step is taken and a series of inextricable consequences follow, ultimately leading to a disastrous outcome. Many textbooks on informal logic and critical thinking treat the slippery slope argument as a fallacy. Walton argues that...
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Slippery slope argumentSorites argumentLogic of vaguenessLegal argumentationIn this paper, I shall intend to show that the Sorites argument lies at the core of the Slippery Slope Argument and, for this reason, I shall deal with the logical validity of this argument. Once established its logical...
ArgumentationThis study is an approach to encompass uncertainty in the well-known Argumentation Scheme from Negative Consequences and in the more recent "Basic Slippery Slope Argument" proposed by Douglas Walton. This work envisages two new kinds of uncertainty that should be taken into account, one...