If you participate at all in online discussions, particularly on social media, you’ve likely seen someone discuss the idea of the “slippery slope” fallacy. Read Full Article » ...

(via TEDEd) Dig into the slippery slope fallacy, which assumes that one step will lead to a series of events that lead to an extreme— often bad— scenario.

Logicians call the slippery slope a classic logical fallacy. There’s no reason to reject doing one thing, they say, just because it might open the door for some undesirable extreme; permitting “A” ...

The Slippery Slope Argument is an argument that concludes that if an action is taken, other negative consequences will follow. For example, “If event X were to occur, then event Y would (eventually) ...

これはジャーナリズでいう「fallacy(誤謬)」のひとつ。「Slippery slope(スリップリー・スロープ)」つまり「滑りやすい坂」とは、「1つ例外をみとめたら、そのうちみんなそうなってしまうだろう」という論理です。たとえば、「女の子の相撲部入部をみとめ ...

The Slippery Slope Argument is an argument that concludes that if an action is taken, other negative consequences will follow. For example, “If event X were to occur, then event Y would (eventually) ...

Of all the ” title=”man-on-dog” target=”_blank”>man-on-dog sex,” I suppose I shouldn’t be surprised. The anti-stem-cell slippery slope argument goes ...

It is to be recalled that one of the executive committee member of Tigray Peoples' Liberation Front (TPLF) gave interview on a social media on October 4, 2020. This is what philosophers refer as ...