> The fallacy of appeal to authority is referring to cases where the authority status is unrelated to the field of the argument. This is called "appeal to fals

> The fallacy of appeal to authority is referring to cases where the authority status is unrelated to the field of the argument. This is called "appeal to false authority" fallacy. A member of this family (but not the only member) > It is not a fallacy to assign higher credence to a statement of an expert in the relevant field relative to outsider with no relevant expertise. Wrong. It depends on context. Check the definition again, is wider than you think.