The Basic Slippery Slope Argument

The Basic Slippery Slope Argument

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Although studies have yielded a detailed taxonomy of types of slippery slope arguments, they have failed to identify a basic argumentation scheme that applies to all. Therefore, there is no way of telling whether a given argument is a slippery slope argument or not. This paper solves the problem by...

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Main Author: Douglas Walton
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: University of Windsor 2015-09-01
Series:Informal Logic
Subjects:
argumentation schemes
critical questions
argument from negative consequences
Online Access:https://informallogic.ca/index.php/informal_logic/article/view/4286
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Summary:Although studies have yielded a detailed taxonomy of types of slippery slope arguments, they have failed to identify a basic argumentation scheme that applies to all. Therefore, there is no way of telling whether a given argument is a slippery slope argument or not. This paper solves the problem by providing a basic argumentation scheme. The scheme is shown to fit a clear and easily comprehensible example of a slippery slope argument that strongly appears to be reasonable, something that has also been lacking.
ISSN:0824-2577
2293-734X

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