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Argument From Authority

Argument From Authority is a species of argumentation scheme in which a claim is supported by appeal to the credibility or expertise of a source, distinguished from other argument forms by its reliance on the authority’s epistemic standing rather than on direct empirical or logical evidence.

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2017–2026

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Variants

Appeal To AuthorityArgumentum Ad Verecundiam

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Appeal to expert opinion: arguments from authority

Choice Reviews Online · 1998 · 308 citations

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The Victorian Sage. Studies in Argument.

T. M. Knox, John Holloway · The Philosophical Quarterly · 1953 · 112 citations

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The Effect of Authority on the Persuasiveness of Mathematical Arguments

Matthew Inglis, Juan Pablo Mejía-Ramos · Cognition and Instruction · 2008 · 94 citations · Full text

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The Assessment of Argumentation from Expert Opinion

Jean H. M. Wagemans · Argumentation · 2011 · 74 citations · Full text

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Argumentation and Interpretation in Law

Neil MacCormick · Ratio Juris · 1993 · 67 citations

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Authors

35

  1. MK
    Marcin Koszowy

    University of Białystok, Poland

    2 publications · 25 citations

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  2. RP
    Roosmaryn Pilgram

    University of Amsterdam, Netherlands

    2 publications · 62 citations

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  3. DW
    Douglas Walton

    University of Windsor, Canada

    2 publications · 25 citations

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  4. NM
    Neil MacCormick

    University of Edinburgh, United Kingdom

    2 publications · 108 citations

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  5. KY
    Kelly Y. L. Ku

    Hong Kong Baptist University, Hong Kong SAR China

    1 publications · 19 citations

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Institutions

23

  1. University of Windsor

    Windsor, Canada

    3 h-index

    3 publications

    36 citations

  2. University of Amsterdam

    Amsterdam, The Netherlands

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    84 citations

  3. University of Edinburgh

    Edinburgh, United Kingdom

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    108 citations

  4. University of Białystok

    Bialystok, Poland

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    25 citations

  5. Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam

    Amsterdam, The Netherlands

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    32 citations

  6. The University of Melbourne

    Melbourne, Australia

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    19 citations

  7. Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey

    New Brunswick, United States

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    94 citations

  8. Universidade Nova de Lisboa

    Lisbon, Portugal

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    36 citations

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Venues

  1. Informal Logic

    5 publications · 88 citations

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  2. Argumentation

    3 publications · 151 citations

    3

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  3. Journal of Argumentation in Context

    JAIC · 2 publications · 23 citations

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  4. Use Siena air (University of Siena)

    Repository · 1 publications · 18 citations

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  5. Distance Education

    DE · 1 publications · 15 citations

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