Poisoning the well and argument from inconsistency are versions of which of the following types of rhetorical devices?
A: slippery slope
B: begging the question
C: false dilemma
D: ad hominem
A: slippery slope
B: begging the question
C: false dilemma
D: ad hominem
举一反三
- Which of the following commits the fallacy of Begging the Question？
- In the fallacy of begging the question, the evidence of the argument is unacceptable.
- Consider the following argument："If you smoke one cigarette today， then you will end up smoking another onetomorrow， and more the day after that， and before you know it you will smokingtwo packs a day and shortening your life expectancy by decades. So you shouldnot even smoke one cigarette today.”This argument contains a（ ）。 A: fallacy of equivocation. B: conceptual slippery slope fallacy. C: causal slippery slope fallacy. D: fairness slippery slope fallacy. E: all of the above
- Which of the following types of evidence can be effectively applied in an argument?
- Once you start to lie, you are __________. ( ). A: on a slippery slope B: failing C: to a slippery slope D: on a slope