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> To be fair, this is also illogical, at least in a literal sense Mostly in the same sense as arguments from induction are "illogical". Appeal to authority is
by tsimionescu 3y ago
> To be fair, this is also illogical, at least in a literal sense
Mostly in the same sense as arguments from induction are "illogical". Appeal to authority is essentially an inductive argument, and those are just as logical. Of course, they deal in probabilities rather than certainty, unlike deduction, but that doesn't make them illogical.
- zarathustreal 3y agoIt does make it illogical, in the same way that “dealing in probabilities” makes many other things illogical. Like, for example, crime statistics.
- tsimionescu 3y agoAll of physics, and science in general, is based on arguments from induction. If you want to call that illogical too, then, fair enough.