An explanation of the slippery slope fallacy. A slippery slope argument begins with a seemingly insignificant concern and ends with a disturbing or bad outcome. The argument relies on a causal chain of events connecting the two. Such an argument is fallacious if the link between the two does not hold. Assess each step on its own and avoid this fallacy.


Chapters:
0:00 Intro
0:38 Slippery Slope
2:46 Example 1 – School
4:20 Example 2 – Yoda
5:43 Summary


Critical thinking, logical fallacies, philosophy


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