Throwing the Baby Out with the Water: From Reasonably Scrutinizing Authorities to Rampant Scepticism About Expertise

Throwing the Baby Out with the Water: From Reasonably Scrutinizing Authorities to Rampant Scepticism About Expertise

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In this paper, I argue that many arguments from expert opinion are strong arguments. Therefore, in many cases it is rational to rely on experts since in many cases the fact that an expert says that p makes it highly likely that p is true. I will defend this claim by providing 5 arguments that illumi...

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Main Author: Markus Seidel
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: University of Windsor 2014-06-01
Series:Informal Logic
Subjects:
arguments from authority
expertise
expert opinion
Online Access:https://informallogic.ca/index.php/informal_logic/article/view/3886
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spelling doaj-1d44492e03fc42c2a99c91c9ee46ec032021-06-14T17:00:38ZengUniversity of WindsorInformal Logic0824-25772293-734X2014-06-01342Throwing the Baby Out with the Water: From Reasonably Scrutinizing Authorities to Rampant Scepticism About ExpertiseMarkus Seidel0Center for Philosophy of Science University of Muenster Domplatz 6 48143 Muenster GermanyIn this paper, I argue that many arguments from expert opinion are strong arguments. Therefore, in many cases it is rational to rely on experts since in many cases the fact that an expert says that p makes it highly likely that p is true. I will defend this claim by providing 5 arguments that illuminate and elaborate on 5 crucial claims about expertise. In this way, I aim to undermine recent attempts to establish a rampant scepticism about arguments from expert opinion.https://informallogic.ca/index.php/informal_logic/article/view/3886arguments from authorityexpertiseexpert opinion
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arguments from authority
expertise
expert opinion
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title Throwing the Baby Out with the Water: From Reasonably Scrutinizing Authorities to Rampant Scepticism About Expertise
title_short Throwing the Baby Out with the Water: From Reasonably Scrutinizing Authorities to Rampant Scepticism About Expertise
title_full Throwing the Baby Out with the Water: From Reasonably Scrutinizing Authorities to Rampant Scepticism About Expertise
title_fullStr Throwing the Baby Out with the Water: From Reasonably Scrutinizing Authorities to Rampant Scepticism About Expertise
title_full_unstemmed Throwing the Baby Out with the Water: From Reasonably Scrutinizing Authorities to Rampant Scepticism About Expertise
title_sort throwing the baby out with the water: from reasonably scrutinizing authorities to rampant scepticism about expertise
publisher University of Windsor
series Informal Logic
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2293-734X
publishDate 2014-06-01
description In this paper, I argue that many arguments from expert opinion are strong arguments. Therefore, in many cases it is rational to rely on experts since in many cases the fact that an expert says that p makes it highly likely that p is true. I will defend this claim by providing 5 arguments that illuminate and elaborate on 5 crucial claims about expertise. In this way, I aim to undermine recent attempts to establish a rampant scepticism about arguments from expert opinion.
topic arguments from authority
expertise
expert opinion
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