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> "For those interested in what people who actually know whereof they speak have to say on the topic" https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Argument_from_authority htt
by ZenoArrow 10y ago
> "For those interested in what people who actually know whereof they speak have to say on the topic"
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Argument_from_authority https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Argument_from_authority
I've no problem with learning from others, but pointing to a select handful of people who 'actually know whereof they speak' is not going to help explore the field fully.
- dredmorbius 10y agoPointing to expertise is not argument from authority.
- ZenoArrow 10y agoIt depends. In this case, it was the framing that made it the argument from authority, namely "in what people who actually know whereof they speak". The implication is that the sources of truth are limited to a select few people.
- dredmorbius 10y agoArgument from authority is "X is true because Y says it is". That's not what I claimed. This is tedious.