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Quote by: R Although it can be avoided by an appeal to who has the burden of proof such an appeal is only an appeal to authority. |
I don't see how you're getting "appeal to authority" out of this.
Traditionally, an appeal to authority is an argument based on the expertise of someone who's not an expert in a specific field. For example:
"Stomach crunches are good for you because my attorney does stomach crunches and he's really smart."
Attorney's, while talented at law, aren't experts on physical fitness.
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Either way it is an appeal to the authority either of a rule created by whoever and thus based solely on a changeable, and not at all self-evident, axiom; or it is an appeal to your personal reason
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... is false.
Because logic is a lot like math, we can actually grade logic the way we evaluate math.
1+1=2. That's neither opinion nor arbitrary. It's an axiom. One thing brought together with antoher thing gives us two things. Period.
Logic works much the same way. X = X. X =/= Y. Most logical syllogisms can be broken down into symbols that, to the layperson, appear to be mathmatic formulas.
So, when someone makes an unsupported claim that contradicts what's already proven, the burden is on the claimant to provide the evidence.
Please please please do not succumb to volconvo disease wherein basic logic and common sense become matters of intense debate and doubt.