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> Slippery Slope was coined to describe a logical fallacy. Is that true? I always assumed the fallacy was named for the already existing expression.
by Joeboy 9y ago
> Slippery Slope was coined to describe a logical fallacy.
Is that true? I always assumed the fallacy was named for the already existing expression.
- wjn0 9y ago> Is that true? I always assumed the fallacy was named for the already existing expression. Funny! I'd never thought of that. For those curious, Wiktionary says that it's actually from the Latin, "fallere", to deceive [1]. [1] https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/fallacy https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/fallacy