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Fallacy Notes: Appeal to Authority

Fallacy Notes: Appeal to Authority. A fallacy is a __________ about something that does not have a valid or logical _____________ to ____________ it. Fallacy #2- Appeal to Authority. This fallacy is committed when the person in question is _________________________ on the subject.

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Fallacy Notes: Appeal to Authority

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  1. Fallacy Notes: Appeal to Authority A fallacy is a __________ about something that does not have a valid or logical _____________ to ____________it.

  2. Fallacy #2- Appeal to Authority This fallacy is committed when the person in question is _________________________ on the subject.

  3. Examples • Siphwe and Sasha are having a conversation: Sasha: "I played the lottery today and I know I am going to win something." Siphwe: "What did you do, rig the outcome?" Sasha: "No, silly. I called my _______________________ at the 1-900-MindPower number. After consulting his magic Californian Tarot deck, he told me my lucky numbers." Siphwe: "And you believed him?" Sasha: "Certainly, he is a ______________Californian Master-Mind Psychic. That is why I believe what he has to say. I mean, like, who else would know what my lucky numbers are?"

  4. Examples • TV Commercial • “I'm _________ a doctor, but I _________ one on the hit series, “Operating Room.” You can ___________________that when you need a fast acting, effective and safe pain killer there is nothing better than MorphiDope 2000. That is my __________________medical opinion.

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