Reasoned use of expertise in argumentati
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Douglas N. Walton
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Article
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1989
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Springer Netherlands
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English
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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