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Slippery slope is also a logical fallacy, so there's that.
by vdaniuk 13y ago
Slippery slope is also a logical fallacy, so there's that.
- MarkPNeyer 13y agoit's a logical device. it is not always a logical fallacy: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slippery_slope http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slippery_slope
- vdaniuk 13y agoThank you for educating me, I didn't know that. However, I feel that in this case, my point still stands.
- sergiosgc 13y agoMy comment only stated that responding to a long term analysis of this issue with a short term analysis is wrong because, if this is a slippery slope, it can only be detected with a long term view. I can't see your point. Which is natural, as you haven't explained it.
- vdaniuk 13y agoMy point is that your use of slippery slope was a logical fallacy. You haven't provided the analysis itself. Would you like to do that?
- sergiosgc 13y agoWas it? How? I can't read into your head. I don't know how you got to that conclusion. Is qualifying the present situation as a slippery slope central to my argument? What if the present situation is not a slippery slope. Is my argument false? It isn't: One comment takes a long term analysis and tries to determine if we are in a slippery slope. The reply ignores the long term view and looks at the particular situation. Looking at the particular, short term situation is ineffective for determining if we are in a slippery slope. (this sentence is the crux of my argument)
- nollidge 13y agoYeah, sorry, you don't get to just declare "fallacy!" and not explain yourself.
- CamperBob2 13y agoPeople aren't logical entities, so the fact that slippery-slope arguments are "logical" fallacies is completely irrelevant.