Slippery slope — In debate or rhetoric, the slippery slope is one of the classical informal fallacies. It suggests that an action will initiate a chain of events culminating in an undesirable event later without establishing or quantifying the relevant… … Wikipedia
slippery slope — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ very ▪ dangerous ▪ proverbial ▪ He was on the proverbial slippery slope to bankruptcy. VERB + SLIPPERY SLOPE ▪ … Collocations dictionary
Slippery Slope — is a 2006 independent film starring Tony Award winning actor Dan Fogler.A slippery slope is also a style of philosophical argument where agreement at one end of a scale is used to justify agreement at the other end.External links*imdb… … Wikipedia
slippery slope — noun a) A chain of events that, once initiated, cannot be halted; especially one in which the final outcome is undesirable or precarious. I think basing your actions off an assumption like that is a slippery slope that is going to get you in… … Wiktionary
slippery slope — One is standing on a slippery slope when arguments one has accepted against a position appear to apply equally to one s own position, forcing one, perhaps little by little, into a conclusion one has no desire to accept. Much argument against… … Philosophy dictionary
slippery-slope — adj. Slippery slope is used with these nouns: ↑argument … Collocations dictionary
Slope — (eng.: Steigung) steht für Course Rating und Slope, Golfbegriff Dual Slope Verfahren, Funktionsprinzip eines ADUs Visual Approach Slope Indicator (VASI) optisches System für Piloten Slippery Slope Argument, rhetorischer Begriff Clapeyron Slope,… … Deutsch Wikipedia
Argument from setting a precedent — Argument from precedent is a common fallacy in discussion, for example on committees or in meetings. It consists in saying that to act correctly in circumstances X would be inadvisable, in case others consider that this would set a precedent for… … Wikipedia
Argument to moderation — Middle ground redirects here. For other uses, see Middle Ground (disambiguation). Argument to moderation (Latin: argumentum ad temperantiam, also known as middle ground, false compromise, gray fallacy and the golden mean fallacy) is a logical… … Wikipedia
argument — noun 1 discussion ADJECTIVE ▪ bitter, heated, violent ▪ big ▪ I had a big argument with my mother this morning. ▪ little, petty … Collocations dictionary
