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Quote by: ryanatau  Not true. It is true that in most critical thinking books appeal to authority is defined as you say, however, it is any appeal to authority such as "I am right because I use reason." |
While I agree that "I am right because I use reason" is suspect, it's not an appeal to authority. These definitions exist for a reason and we cannot arbitrarily change them to suit a particular argument. I encourage you find the fallacy that actually applies here and not call it an appeal to authority. It's okay to say "bad logic" :)
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I actually know mathematical logic (symbolic logic)...
Actually it is quite hard to "grade axioms." 1+1=2 is not as simple as you might think. Bertrand Russell spent the early part of his life trying to conclusively prove, without axioms, that 1+1=2.
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Oy.
Where do you guys come from? How do you keep finding volconvo?
