Causation - Slippery Slope Fallacy Flashcards

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Slippery Slope - arguing that performing an act will initiate a causal chain leading to dire consequences without justifying each link in the predicted causal chain

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Reductio Ad Absurdum - reduction to absurdity - formal rule of logic - if you can show that a claim leads logically to an absurd conclusion (contradiction) you have reason to believe a claim is false - aka - definition of a joke

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