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- From: russ@wpg.com (Russell Lawrence)
- Subject: Re: Calcium/Magnesium
- Message-ID: <C03sFt.K16@wpg.com>
- Organization: WP Group
- References: <1992Dec30.225515.21708@pixel.kodak.com>
- Date: Thu, 31 Dec 1992 03:02:16 GMT
- Lines: 31
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- In article <C01zGx.AL6@wpg.com> russ@wpg.com (Russell Lawrence) writes:
- rl> Would you mind explaining how/why credentials can ever be used to
- rl> reasonably test the truth or falsity of a statement concerning
- rl> human nutrition? On the whole, you seem to be saying that
- rl> credentials are admissible when you say they are, and they're not
- rl> admissible when you say they're not. Please tell us the guidelines
- rl> that you use for making the distinction.
-
- From article <1992Dec30.225515.21708@pixel.kodak.com>, by young@clpd.kodak.com (Rich Young):
- ry> As quoted by Ted Wayn Altar:
-
- ====================================================================
- > Agumentum ad verecundiam (appeal to authority) . . . This
- > method of argument is not always strictly fallacious, for the
- > reference to an admitted authority in the special field of
- > his competence may carry great weight and constitute relevant
- > evidence. If laymen are disputing over some question of
- > physical science and one appeals to the testimony of Einstein
- > on the matter, that testimony is very relevant. Although it
- > does not prove the point, it certainly tends to support it.
- > (from Irving Copi, INTRODUCTION TO LOGIC, 3r ed., p. 66-67)
- ====================================================================
-
- Re-read the last sentence very carefully. What does the author
- mean by the phrase:
-
- "ALTHOUGH IT DOES NOT PROVE THE POINT, ..."
-
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