PHL145H5 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Jargon
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Testimony: includes the things whern hear directly from others, read in the newspapers or book, see on television, find on web sites, and so on. 5. 1. 1 information: we need something to reason about. Evaluation of arguments often requires background knowledge obtained from testimony. Expert or authority: knows a lot about a particular field. \ Authority: is not someone who is in charge of people, but someone or something who is an authority in their field. Examples include: individual people, newspapers, textbooks, encyclopedias, tv programs, web sites, think tanks and so on. Experts: experts need not be infallible" this means that experts can make mistakes and that they don"t need to be right all the time. Expertise: comes in degrees someone working for 10 years in dentistry will know more about molars and bicuspids than someone who"s been working for 3 days.
