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AppealstoFalseAuthorities “Dr.BlairclaimsthatchewingTridentgumisgoodforyourteeth.” IfDr.Blairisadentist,thiswouldbeanappealusingproperauthorities. IfDr.BlairisNOTadentist,andisinsteadanEnglishprofessor,sheisnotanauthorityondentalhygiene. Dogmatism
Recognize appeals to ethos In a perfect world, everyone would tell the truth, and we could depend upon the credibility of speakers and authors. Unfortunately, that is not always the case. You would expect that news reporters would be objective and tell new stories based upon the facts; howeve...
Fallacies That Misuse Appeals to Ethos Ad hominem: attacking the person making an argument rather than the argument itself. Example:“Of course that doctor advocates vaccination—he probably owns stock in a pharmaceutical company.” False authority: relying on claims of expertise when the claime...
Whether the big push can be accomplished is but one of the questions to raise about the present striving for third-wave advancement of AI. Of at least equal importance is whether it should, if possible, be accomplished, and by what means and under whose authority? How would the new regime...