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1 Slippery Slope Fallacy By: Derek Gossett and Bekah Lancaster

2 Definition Also known as the camel’s nose Also known as the camel’s nose A fallacy in which a person asserts that some event must inevitably follow from another without any argument for the inevitability of the event in question. In most cases, there are a series of steps between one event and the one in question and no reason is given as to why the intervening steps will simply be bypassed. A fallacy in which a person asserts that some event must inevitably follow from another without any argument for the inevitability of the event in question. In most cases, there are a series of steps between one event and the one in question and no reason is given as to why the intervening steps will simply be bypassed.

3 Examples “(1) If you buy a Green Day album, then next you’ll be buying Buzzcocks albums, and before you know it you’ll be a punk with green hair and everything. (2) You don’t want to become a punk. Therefore: (3) You shouldn’t buy a Green Day album.” “(1) If you buy a Green Day album, then next you’ll be buying Buzzcocks albums, and before you know it you’ll be a punk with green hair and everything. (2) You don’t want to become a punk. Therefore: (3) You shouldn’t buy a Green Day album.”

4 More examples The first step towards inevitably becoming Amy Winehouse.. Slippery Slope isn't always a logical fallacy. presupposes that if one small step is taken in a particular direction, it will inevitably lead to a more extreme outcome. For example, it is common wisdom that, once you start drinking alone, you're destined to die naked in a gutter with a liver made of pure grain alcohol. It might be true, but it's not necessarily true, and is thus a logical fallacy. The first step towards inevitably becoming Amy Winehouse.. Slippery Slope isn't always a logical fallacy. The slippery slope is an analogy used to describe any argument that presupposes that if one small step is taken in a particular direction, it will inevitably lead to a more extreme outcome. For example, it is common wisdom that, once you start drinking alone, you're destined to die naked in a gutter with a liver made of pure grain alcohol. It might be true, but it's not necessarily true, and is thus a logical fallacy.

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6 Explanation The picture shows that if gays can marry, then legal incest and bigamy will happen as a result. The picture shows that if gays can marry, then legal incest and bigamy will happen as a result. If something happens, then this will occur as a result. If something happens, then this will occur as a result.

7 Pop Culture https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c-zG5U0v3gU https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c-zG5U0v3gU https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c-zG5U0v3gU https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7udQSHWpL88 &feature=relmfu https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7udQSHWpL88 &feature=relmfu https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7udQSHWpL88 &feature=relmfu https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7udQSHWpL88 &feature=relmfu https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VObFc64OnEk &feature=related https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VObFc64OnEk &feature=related https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VObFc64OnEk &feature=related https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VObFc64OnEk &feature=related

8 The Crucible Act 3: page 214. Speaker: Hathorne, he was asking Giles Corey to give the information. Act 3: page 214. Speaker: Hathorne, he was asking Giles Corey to give the information. Act 3: page 223. Speaker: Danforth, questioning Elizabeth Proctor over her husband. Act 3: page 223. Speaker: Danforth, questioning Elizabeth Proctor over her husband. Act 4: page 232-233. Speaker: Danforth, talking about how he had hanged 12 women already. Act 4: page 232-233. Speaker: Danforth, talking about how he had hanged 12 women already.

9 Citation "Logical Fallacies» Slippery Slope Fallacy." Logical Fallacies. Web. 10 Feb. 2012. "Logical Fallacies» Slippery Slope Fallacy." Logical Fallacies. Web. 10 Feb. 2012. "Fallacy: Slippery Slope." Holocaust Educational Resource. Web. 10 Feb. 2012. "Fallacy: Slippery Slope." Holocaust Educational Resource. Web. 10 Feb. 2012. "DIRECTV - "Don't Have a Grandson with a Dog Collar" 2012 Commercial - YouTube." YouTube - Broadcast Yourself. Web. 15 Feb. 2012. "DIRECTV - "Don't Have a Grandson with a Dog Collar" 2012 Commercial - YouTube." YouTube - Broadcast Yourself. Web. 15 Feb. 2012. "DIRECTV - "Don't Wake Up in a Roadside Ditch" 2012 Commercial - YouTube." YouTube - Broadcast Yourself. Web. 15 Feb. 2012. "DIRECTV - "Don't Wake Up in a Roadside Ditch" 2012 Commercial - YouTube." YouTube - Broadcast Yourself. Web. 15 Feb. 2012. "DIRECTV - "Stop Taking in Stray Animals" 2012 Commercial - YouTube." YouTube - Broadcast Yourself. Web. 15 Feb. 2012. "DIRECTV - "Stop Taking in Stray Animals" 2012 Commercial - YouTube." YouTube - Broadcast Yourself. Web. 15 Feb. 2012. "Slippery Slopes | Progressive Political Cartoon by Barry Deutsch." Leftycartoons. Web. 16 Feb. 2012 "Slippery Slopes | Progressive Political Cartoon by Barry Deutsch." Leftycartoons. Web. 16 Feb. 2012


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