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Accounting For The Force Of The Appeal To Authority, Jean Goodwin, Raymie Mckerrow
Accounting For The Force Of The Appeal To Authority, Jean Goodwin, Raymie Mckerrow
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As appeals to expert authority shift from “fallacies” to “argument schemes,” argumentation theorists are called on to provide critical questions for assessing them. I argue that current treatments focus too heavily on assessing expertise, and not enough on judging trustworthiness. I propose instead a norma-tive pragmatic account of the rational force of the appeal to expert authority, one that emphasizes the ex-pert's actions in constructing his/her own legitimate trustworthiness.
Authority Arguments In Academic Contexts In Social Studies And Humanities, Begona Carrascal, Catherine E. Hundleby
Authority Arguments In Academic Contexts In Social Studies And Humanities, Begona Carrascal, Catherine E. Hundleby
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In academic contexts the appeal to authority is a quite common but seldom tested argument, either because we accept the authority without questioning it, or because we look for alternative experts or reasons to support a different point of view. But, by putting ourselves side by side an already accepted authority, we often rhetorically manoeuvre to displace the burden of the proof to avoid the fear to present our opinions and to allow face saving.
Credibility And Commitment In The Making Of Truly Astonishing First-Person Reports, John E. Fields, Gilbert Plumer
Credibility And Commitment In The Making Of Truly Astonishing First-Person Reports, John E. Fields, Gilbert Plumer
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Truly astonishing reports are an inveterate feature of the practice of making claims based on personal experience. In this paper, the author focuses on reports of apparent experiences of God in order to develop a proper understanding of the nature of such reports and to suggest a model of the strategies re-quired of those who wish to use them in arguments supporting truly astonishing existential claims.