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Appeal to authority is only a fallacy when the authority in question is an authority on something else. E.g. asking an astronomer about global warming.
by Filligree 13y ago
Appeal to authority is only a fallacy when the authority in question is an authority on something else.
E.g. asking an astronomer about global warming.
- lclarkmichalek 13y agoOr when there is no consensus among professionals of the discipline. I.e. dynamic typing vs static typing, or something of that ilk.
- cliqui 13y agoAppeals to authority are always deductively fallacious; even a legitimate authority speaking on his area of expertise may affirm a falsehood, so no testimony of any authority is guaranteed to be true. source: http://www.logicalfallacies.info/relevance/appeals/appeal-to-authority/ http://www.logicalfallacies.info/relevance/appeals/appeal-to...
- nopassrecover 13y agoThough to be fair you just used an appeal to authority to support your statement...