[Vo]:You people misunderstand the definition of appeal to authority

2011-11-23 Thread Jed Rothwell
I am sorry to be a pedant but you people are using the term appeal to authority to mean the opposite of what it should mean. I have mentioned this before. Here's the definition: http://www.nizkor.org/features/fallacies/appeal-to-authority.html Also Known as: Fallacious Appeal to Authority,

Re: [Vo]:You people misunderstand the definition of appeal to authority

2011-11-23 Thread Mauro Lacy
I am sorry to be a pedant but you people are using the term appeal to authority to mean the opposite of what it should mean. I have mentioned this before. Here's the definition: http://www.nizkor.org/features/fallacies/appeal-to-authority.html Also Known as: Fallacious Appeal to Authority,

Re: [Vo]:You people misunderstand the definition of appeal to authority

2011-11-23 Thread Jed Rothwell
Mauro Lacy ma...@lacy.com.ar wrote: You're right. Claiming that something must be right because some authority said so, if not fallacious per se(that is, if not a false statement), is an appeal to authority, plain and simple. Not plain, and not so simple. Technically, it is only a so-called

Re: [Vo]:You people misunderstand the definition of appeal to authority

2011-11-23 Thread Horace Heffner
An appeal to authority, regardless the credentials of the authority, can only affect one's judgement of the probability of truth. It is thus non-Aristotelian. It is a sales tool. It is not a logical argument, and thus can not be either valid or invalid, as the application of modus

Re: [Vo]:You people misunderstand the definition of appeal to authority

2011-11-23 Thread Jed Rothwell
Horace Heffner wrote: An appeal to authority, regardless the credentials of the authority, can only affect one's judgement of the /probability/ of truth. It is thus non-Aristotelian. It is a sales tool. It is not a logical argument, and thus can not be either valid or invalid, as the

Re: [Vo]:You people misunderstand the definition of appeal to authority

2011-11-23 Thread Horace Heffner
On Nov 23, 2011, at 12:57 PM, Jed Rothwell wrote: Horace Heffner wrote: An appeal to authority, regardless the credentials of the authority, can only affect one's judgement of the probability of truth. It is thus non-Aristotelian. It is a sales tool. It is not a logical argument, and

Re: [Vo]:You people misunderstand the definition of appeal to authority

2011-11-23 Thread Mauro Lacy
On 11/23/2011 06:48 PM, Horace Heffner wrote: An appeal to authority, regardless the credentials of the authority, can only affect one's judgement of the probability of truth. It is thus non-Aristotelian. It is a sales tool. It is not a logical That's an important distinction, and