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<blockquote data-quote="Maxperson" data-source="post: 7484833" data-attributes="member: 23751"><p>Below is the exception to appeals to authority.</p><p></p><p>"Exception: Be very careful not to confuse "deferring to an authority on the issue" with the appeal to authority fallacy. Remember, a fallacy is an error in reasoning. Dismissing the council of legitimate experts and authorities turns good skepticism into denialism. The appeal to authority is a fallacy in argumentation, but deferring to an authority is a reliable heuristic that we all use virtually every day on issues of relatively little importance. There is always a chance that any authority can be wrong, that’s why the critical thinker accepts facts provisionally.<strong> It is not at all unreasonable (or an error in reasoning) to accept information as provisionally true by credible authorities.</strong> Of course, the reasonableness is moderated by the claim being made (i.e., how extraordinary, how important) and the authority (how credible, how relevant to the claim)."</p><p></p><p>Note the bolded part. Most authorities are learning about something, not actually creating it. The designer of a game as a lot more credibility when it comes to why he made the game, than say you or I. You and I have been playing D&D long enough to qualify as authorities on D&D, but as these discussions show, we can be wrong or have differing opinions. The person who made the game has much stronger credibility and should be accepted as provisionally true, especially when the game and further articles back him up.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Maxperson, post: 7484833, member: 23751"] Below is the exception to appeals to authority. "Exception: Be very careful not to confuse "deferring to an authority on the issue" with the appeal to authority fallacy. Remember, a fallacy is an error in reasoning. Dismissing the council of legitimate experts and authorities turns good skepticism into denialism. The appeal to authority is a fallacy in argumentation, but deferring to an authority is a reliable heuristic that we all use virtually every day on issues of relatively little importance. There is always a chance that any authority can be wrong, that’s why the critical thinker accepts facts provisionally.[B] It is not at all unreasonable (or an error in reasoning) to accept information as provisionally true by credible authorities.[/B] Of course, the reasonableness is moderated by the claim being made (i.e., how extraordinary, how important) and the authority (how credible, how relevant to the claim)." Note the bolded part. Most authorities are learning about something, not actually creating it. The designer of a game as a lot more credibility when it comes to why he made the game, than say you or I. You and I have been playing D&D long enough to qualify as authorities on D&D, but as these discussions show, we can be wrong or have differing opinions. The person who made the game has much stronger credibility and should be accepted as provisionally true, especially when the game and further articles back him up. [/QUOTE]
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