The Basic Slippery Slope Argument

@article{Walton2015TheBS,
  title={The Basic Slippery Slope Argument},
  author={Douglas Walton},
  journal={Informal Logic},
  year={2015},
  volume={35},
  pages={273-311}
}
  • D. Walton
  • Published 2 September 2015
  • Philosophy
  • Informal Logic
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… 
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