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- From: altar@beaufort.sfu.ca (Ted Wayn Altar)
- Subject: Re: Calcium/Magnesium
- Message-ID: <altar.725779373@sfu.ca>
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- Organization: Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, B.C., Canada
- References: <1992Dec29.232920.3510@pixel.kodak.com> <C01zGx.AL6@wpg.com> <1992Dec30.225515.21708@pixel.kodak.com>
- Date: Thu, 31 Dec 1992 05:22:53 GMT
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- young@clpd.kodak.com (Rich Young) writes:
-
- >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)
-
-
- Well, I'm very glad to see that you are indeed learning something
- about logic from me. ;-) ;-)
-
- ted
-