The Ad Verecundiam Fallacy and Appeals to Expert Testimony

In Proceedings of the 6th ISSA Conference on Argumentation (2007)
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Abstract

In this paper I argue that Tyler Burge's non-reductive view of testiomonial knowledge cannot adeqautrely discriminate between fallacious ad vericumdium appeals to expet testimony and legitimate appeals to authority.

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Michael Shaffer
Gustavus Adolphus College

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