Slippery Slope Arguments

by Douglas N. Walton

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 used correctly in some cases, they can be a reasonable type of argument to shift a burden of proof in a critical discussion, while in other cases they are...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0198239254
• ISBN13: 9780198239253
• Release Date: May 1992
• Publisher: Clarendon Press
• Length: 312 Pages
• Weight: 1.25 lbs.