The Basic Slippery Slope Argument

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  • Douglas Walton University of Windsor

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https://doi.org/10.22329/il.v35i3.4286

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argumentation schemes, critical questions, argument from negative consequences

Abstract

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.

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Douglas Walton, University of Windsor

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2015-09-02

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Vol. 35 No. 3 (2015): Reasoning and Argumentation in Theory and Practice

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