RE: AF Hall of Fallacies
May 23, 2013 at 4:34 pm
(This post was last modified: May 23, 2013 at 4:35 pm by Violet.)
(May 23, 2013 at 4:28 pm)One Above All Wrote: I didn't say any of those things, so I'm beginning to question your reading skills. I just said that it was a fallacy when the authority is not an authority on the subject. That said, whether the argument is sound or not is a whole different issue altogether.
*coughs*
One Above all Wrote:Argument from authority (or argumentum ad verecundiam for those who prefer the Latin naming of fallacies) is only a fallacy when the authority is not an authority on the subject at hand, like, say, a preacher and physics.
It is a logically fallacious argument regardless of who the authority is or what they study. EVEN IF THEY'RE RIGHT... the argument that the argument is true/right BECAUSE someone says so is a fallacy.
What does this mean? It means that a preacher talking about physics has an equally valid argument to a physicist talking about physics, who has an equally valid argument to you or me talking about physics.
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(May 23, 2013 at 4:28 pm)One Above All Wrote: Nevermind.
Hehe, speed is of the essence?
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Where sometimes is heard a discouraging word
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