Jerry Fodor's Slippery Slope Argument

The slippery slope argument is a misconception that reasons that an event will occur after a specific event has occurred; in other words, it is the idea that when an event occurs, another event will follow, thus it is necessary that the first event must be stopped. As for the event that follows, the first event will be judged and the second event that occurs will be accepted as the outcome of the first event, even though there is no evidence that the second event will occur. According to Jerry Fodor’s Where is my mind, Clark states that in order for the mind to process information, it must go through a series of causal chains. Although, according to Clark, if Otto writes his information down into a notebook, it will not be considered as the

For instance, if one claims that the voting age of eighteen in Canada should be reduced to the age of sixteen, many would assume that if the voting age is reduced to the age of sixteen, teenagers would identify themselves as adults which will cause them to make their own decisions and persuade themselves to make the wrong decisions, such as dropping out of school at an early age. In this case, the argument of whether the voting age should be reduced to sixteen will be considered as a slippery slope argument because individuals will make assumptions that once the voting age is reduced, then teenagers will no matter what, drop out of school and refuse to part take in any educational activities; as this assumption is not supported by any evidence that this event will in fact take place if the voting age is reduced. Therefore, the causal chain is not convincing because not every event that takes place must have a negative event that follows. Every event that takes place has its own causes, effects and reactions from other situations; as for no event can be the same, since it is unpredictable if the event will happen or not without any solid