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Is Appeal to Authority Ever Acceptable?

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Is Appeal to Authority Ever Acceptable?
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RE: Is Appeal to Authority Ever Acceptable?
April 26, 2012 at 12:40 pm
(April 26, 2012 at 12:23 pm)teaearlgreyhot Wrote: I've been noticing an increasing number of people saying that an appeal to authority argument isn't fallacious if said person is actually knowledgable in the subject matter. This doesn't make sense to me.

Person says x is true
Person is very knowledgable in field that x is in
Therefore, x is true.

What?

Well, this isn't really a matter of logic, when it comes to facts.
If the person is knowledgable in field X, he also must have certain facts to support him, yes?
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Is Appeal to Authority Ever Acceptable?

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RE: Is Appeal to Authority Ever Acceptable? - by kılıç_mehmet - April 26, 2012 at 12:40 pm
RE: Is Appeal to Authority Ever Acceptable? - by Tiberius - April 26, 2012 at 12:43 pm

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