ACB on appealing to authority and a minimum level of understanding
ACB: This is an interesting point. Is there a minimum level of understanding that someone must have in order to derive justification from an authority? For example, if you are…
Careful with that equivocation, Eugene!
ACB: 1. S knows that every statement in his geography textbook is correct. (His well-qualified geography teacher has told him: "I have checked this book carefully, and everything in it…