Which of the following is a fallacy that does NOT involve making an unwarranted assumption?
A) begging the question
B) slippery slope
C) inappropriate appeal to authority
D) red herring

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Begging the question, slippery slope, and inappropriate appeal to authority are fallacies that each involve making an unwarranted assumption (using an assumption that is not supported by evidence). To beg the question is to use the conclusion of an argument to provide evidence for that very conclusion. But no claim can be evidence for itself. An inappropriate appeal to authority is an appeal to an expert's opinion on a matter in which he or she is not an expert, and so it involves the unwarranted assumption that the expert's opinion here has merit. A slippery slope is an argument that if we allow one thing, we must allow anything like it (no matter how extreme). But this is quite often not the case.

Which of the Following Is a Fallacy That Does NOT