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  2. Slippery slope - Wikipedia

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    Conceptual slippery slopes, which Trudy Govier calls the fallacy of slippery assimilation, [11] [13] are closely related to the sorites paradox. So, in the context of talking about slippery slopes, Merilee Salmon writes: "The slippery slope is an ancient form of reasoning.

  3. Fallacy - Wikipedia

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    Slippery slope arguments may be defeated by asking critical questions or giving counterarguments. [32] There are several reasons for a slippery slope to be fallacious: for example, the argument is going too far into the future, it is a too complex argument whose structure is hard to identify, or the argument makes emotional appeals. [33]

  4. List of fallacies - Wikipedia

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    Logical Fallacies, Literacy Education Online; Informal Fallacies, Texas State University page on informal fallacies; Stephen's Guide to the Logical Fallacies (mirror) Visualization: Rhetological Fallacies, Information is Beautiful; Master List of Logical Fallacies, University of Texas at El Paso; Fallacies, Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy

  5. Truth behind the Donald Trump quote from 1998 that's rapidly ...

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    For example, in 1988 he told Oprah he "probably" would never run for office. Eleven years later, he told Larry King that he was considering a political run, and that he was a registered Republican.

  6. Euthanasia and the slippery slope - Wikipedia

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    The second logical form of the slippery slope argument, referred to as the "arbitrary line" version, [8] argues that the acceptance of A will lead to the acceptance of A1, as A1 is not significantly different from A. A1 will then lead to A2, A2 to A3, and eventually the process will lead to the unacceptable B. [6] As Glover argues, this version ...

  7. Slippery slope (fallacy) - Wikipedia

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  8. Post hoc ergo propter hoc - Wikipedia

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    It is often shortened simply to post hoc fallacy. A logical fallacy of the questionable cause variety, it is subtly different from the fallacy cum hoc ergo propter hoc ('with this, therefore because of this'), in which two events occur simultaneously or the chronological ordering is insignificant or unknown. Post hoc is a logical fallacy in ...

  9. Liberals unload on ABC's settlement with Trump, defend ... - AOL

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    Liberals are frustrated and worried about ABC's settlement with President-elect Donald Trump, and claim it will have a "chilling effect" on those who might criticize him.