One concept from the readings, specifically chapter 6, that I found interesting was the slippery slope argument. Being one of the content fallacies, I've already read upon this and it was refreshing to re-read and learn the concept again. Basically the slippery slope argument is when a bad argument uses a chain of conditionals, which at least one of which is false dubious. This happens a lot in conversations as sometimes people state/claim things they don't even know for sure. For example:
Jane: What should I wear today? I can't decide.
Mark: Well it has been cold for the past two days so wear a jacket.
Jane: But you never know weather changes, did you check the news?
Mark: I can tell its going to be cold, I mean why wouldn't it?
Jane: I guess...
Obviously Mark doesn't have any reasoning behind his conditional and thus it seems dubious and fits in with the category of slippery slope claims.
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