Appeal to Expert Opinion: Arguments from Authority

by Douglas N. Walton

Book Overview

A new pragmatic approach, based on the latest developments in argumentation theory, analyzing appeal to expert opinion as a form of argument.

Reliance on authority has always been a common recourse in argumentation, perhaps never more so than today in our highly technological society when knowledge has become so specialized--as manifested, for instance, in the frequent appearance of "expert witnesses" in courtrooms. When is an appeal to the...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0271016957
• ISBN13: 9780271016955
• Release Date: September 1997
• Publisher: Penn State University Press
• Length: 296 Pages
• Weight: 1.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.0" x 8.9"