caa a22 4500 463183177 CHVBK 20180406164844.0 cr unu---uuuuu 170326e20071201xx s 000 0 eng 10.1007/s10503-007-9047-x doi (NATIONALLICENCE)springer-10.1007/s10503-007-9047-x Evaluating the Meta-Slope: Is there a Slippery Slope Argument against Slippery Slope Arguments? [Elektronische Daten] [Adam Corner, Ulrike Hahn] Slippery slope arguments (SSAs) have often been viewed as inherently weak arguments, to be classified together with traditional fallacies of reasoning and argumentation such as circular arguments and arguments from ignorance. Over the last two decades several philosophers have taken a kinder view, often providing historical examples of the kind of gradual change on which slippery slope arguments rely. Against this background, Enoch (2001, Oxford Journal of Legal Studies 21(4), 629-647) presented a novel argument against SSA use that itself invokes a slippery slope. Specifically, he argued that the very reasons that can make SSAs strong arguments mean that we should be poor at abiding by the distinction between good and bad SSAs, making SSAs inherently undesirable. We argue that Enoch's meta-level SSA fails on both conceptual and empirical grounds. Springer Science+Business Media B.V., 2007 slippery slope arguments nationallicence fallacies nationallicence psychology nationallicence philosophy nationallicence argument strength nationallicence Corner Adam School of Psychology, Cardiff University, Tower Building, Park Place, CF10 3AT, Cardiff, UK aut Hahn Ulrike School of Psychology, Cardiff University, Tower Building, Park Place, CF10 3AT, Cardiff, UK aut Argumentation Springer Netherlands 21/4(2007-12-01), 349-359 0920-427X 21:4<349 2007 21 10503 https://doi.org/10.1007/s10503-007-9047-x text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1007/s10503-007-9047-x text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Corner Adam School of Psychology, Cardiff University, Tower Building, Park Place, CF10 3AT, Cardiff, UK aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Hahn Ulrike School of Psychology, Cardiff University, Tower Building, Park Place, CF10 3AT, Cardiff, UK aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- Argumentation Springer Netherlands 21/4(2007-12-01), 349-359 0920-427X 21:4<349 2007 21 10503 Metadata rights reserved Springer special CC-BY-NC licence nationallicence BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-springer