This article evaluates the strengths and weaknesses of arguments based on appeals to expertise. The intersection of two areas is explored: (i) the traditional argumentum ad verecundiam (literally, "appeal to modesty," but characteristically the appeal to the authority of expert judgment) in informal
The generality/specificity of expertise in scientific reasoning
β Scribed by Christian D Schunn; John R Anderson
- Publisher
- Wiley (Blackwell Publishing)
- Year
- 1999
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 536 KB
- Volume
- 23
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0364-0213
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