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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 11:34 pm (This post was last modified: April 26, 2012 at 11:34 pm by Neo-Scholastic.)
As a practical matter, if two people accept the credibility of a particular expert then they could allow the expert's opinion to settle the matter. For example if you and I disagree on the meaning of a word, we can both look to a dictionary to see who's right. Even still that doesn't prove that the expert or source is correct. Experts disagree all the time and sometimes a maverick proves to be right many years after the fact.
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RE: Is Appeal to Authority Ever Acceptable? - by Tiberius - April 26, 2012 at 12:43 pm
RE: Is Appeal to Authority Ever Acceptable? - by Neo-Scholastic - April 26, 2012 at 11:34 pm

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