On Appeals to Non-existent Authorities as Arguments from Analogy

IF 0.9 3区哲学 0 PHILOSOPHY

Informal Logic Pub Date : 2021-12-07 DOI:10.22329/il.v41i4.6662

Martin Hinton

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Abstract

Herein, I consider arguments resting on an appeal to a non-existent authority as a species of argument from authority, and ultimately show them to be reliant on arguments from analogy in their inferential force. Three sub-types of argument are discussed: from authorities as yet unborn, no longer living, or incapable of ever doing so. In each case it is shown that an element of arguing from analogy is required since there can be no direct evidence of any assertions of the source. In conclusion, it is suggested that such steps of analogy are employed frequently in traditional arguments from authority.

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论诉诸不存在的权威作为类比论证

在这里，我认为基于对不存在的权威的呼吁的论证是一种来自权威的论证，并最终表明它们在推理力上依赖于来自类比的论证。讨论了三种子类型的论点:来自尚未出生的权威，不再活着，或者永远不能这样做。在每一种情况下，它表明，从类比论证的元素是必需的，因为不可能有任何直接的证据来源的断言。最后，我们建议在传统的权威论证中经常使用这种类比的步骤。

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Informal Logic PHILOSOPHY-

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