RE: atheism, philosophy and emotional immaturity
March 28, 2013 at 10:43 pm
(This post was last modified: March 28, 2013 at 10:43 pm by jstrodel.)
based on this - because of this knowledge, I consider this thing to be likely to be true
The above is perfectly true, but there has not been many people in the history of the world who have sincerely thought that because an authority says something, there is a 100% certainty that the authority will be correct in every case, so it is an irrelevant point that is designed to distract from the main point, which is the argument from authority is a perfectly legitimate probabilistic argument, unless you are trying to appeal to the authority of a doctor to settle a legal issue or something like that.
The above is perfectly true, but there has not been many people in the history of the world who have sincerely thought that because an authority says something, there is a 100% certainty that the authority will be correct in every case, so it is an irrelevant point that is designed to distract from the main point, which is the argument from authority is a perfectly legitimate probabilistic argument, unless you are trying to appeal to the authority of a doctor to settle a legal issue or something like that.
