RE: [split] Critical Thinking Skills
March 30, 2013 at 1:42 am
(This post was last modified: March 30, 2013 at 1:42 am by The Grand Nudger.)
(March 29, 2013 at 10:38 pm)jstrodel Wrote: It isn't absolute definitely. But what sort of argument outside of mathematics produces certain conclusions? I think the argument from authority is a good argument, if you have a well developed sense of what constitutes a good authority. This is not easy to do, but if you have this, it is a good argument.
It can be compelling to a certain subset, but the accuracy of it's conclusion is not a guarantee even when correctly leveraged (which most - yourself included - seem incapable of achieving).
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