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Publication details [#28495]

Walton, Douglas. 1992. Slippery slope arguments. Clarendon Press. 296 pp.

Publication type

Book – monograph

Publication language

English

Keywords

argumentation | discussion | rejecting

ISBN

0-19-823925-4

Annotation

The main contention of this book is that slippery slope arguments are often acceptable, though weak warning arguments in a discussion, thus not necessarily fallacious, as far as they are not worded as conclusive valid reasonings that allow strong proposal rejection.

Reviewed by

Pena, Lorenzo. 1993. Review article. Slippery slope arguments.