Sentences with phrase «as appeal to authority»

Appealing to tradition does not rebut the claim that establishing relevant background and qualifications functions as an appeal to authority.

Placing aside, for the moment, that this is a logical fallacy known as the appeal to authority — the statement lacks credibility because it is a highly criticized authority subject to the whims of political influence.

The whole «scientists» thing is a logical fallacy known as appeal to authority.

But: (1) often, I see «skeptics» building straw men out of valid arguments that expertise should not be dismissed out of hand, and (2) I often see selective reasoning from «skeptics» where they denounce «realist» arguments as appealing to authority when they then turn right around and appeal to their own authorities.

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Following the steps in this chapter will give you formulas for creating content that is appealing to your target audience while establishing you as an authority.

Allowing for the remarkable contrasts, Ker believes he can still trace at least one theme through the work of all six of his subjects, a theme that has little to do with the obvious «motifs» of English Catholicism such as «aestheticism, a love of ritual, ceremony, tradition, the appeal of authority, a romantic triumphalism, the lure of the exotic and foreign, a preoccupation with sin and guilt.»

It's a form of the appeal to authority, but disguised as sola scriptura.

For some reason it never seems to occur to the clergy person (s) to ask whether the accuser (s) have first personally confronted the defendent, as instructed to do by Scripture, before appealing to an authority figure.

For in spite of its prima facie attraction, and even if there is such a «primal» experience, that experience would not be accessible in any philosophically helpful way, could not be exploited without reliance upon the very analyses and arguments whose lack of immediacy and authority the appeal is seeking to escape, could not (even for oneself) sustain translation into the discursive and dialectical combat zone of philosophy, and could not by itself alone provide a nonarbitrary basis for determining what in it is essential to experience merely as such.

What you have here is a logical fallacy known as an «appeal to authority.»

Fundamentally, they present themselves to us as bearing an objective authority that overrides competing appeals or reasons to do otherwise.

This most basic character I described as openness to developments in the culture and presentation of reasons for the Christian faith without any appeal to supernatural authority.

Appeal to authority on questions such as birth control, divorce and women priests «did not satisfy an educated people who wanted to be convinced with arguments».

And thus do they pervert and distort the Scriptures, making them the guide to slavish details of the daily life and an authority in things nonspiritual instead of appealing to the sacred writings as the repository of the moral wisdom, religious inspiration, and the spiritual teaching of the God - knowing men of other generations.»

Charlemagne's successors were less powerful and as they became unable to hold overbearing archbishops in check, bishops appealed to the Pope for support and this increased papal authority.

«As the three men launch their appeal, we urge the Iranian authorities to ensure due process is observed.

The magisterium appeals to these authorities as grounds for repudiating divorce, abortion, homosexual relations, and the ordination of women to the priesthood.

The claim that the UN resolutions suffice to assure «just authority» is belied by destruction in Iraq unrelated to freeing Kuwait (bridges, roads, municipal water and sewage systems) and by restatements of war aims (asking Iraqis to replace Saddam Hussein, demanding unconditional surrender and a war crimes trial) which go far beyond the UN objective (note as well the elements of bad faith in the UN appeal to which Geyer pointed).

She makes no appeal to philosophical doctrine as an external authority.

Brunner appeals explicitly to the prologue of John and to certain sayings of Paul, but surely one who is as emphatic as he in rejecting the authority of Scriptural teachings as such does not mean to say that we accept the doctrine of creation because of the presence of these passages in the New Testament.

This is precisely why religious people fail because they are inherently irrational and they use a logical fallacy (appeal to authority) as their basis for moral decisions.

First, it is interesting that in the fourth century, the road to Constantinople in 381 is not paved by blunt appeals to church authority but by extensive wrestling over biblical texts and fine - tooling of extra-biblical language (most notably the term «hypostasis») in an attempt to establish which exegetical claims made sense of Scripture as a whole and which fell short.

If there is anything that must define a progressive Christianity in the modern age, it is that you simply can't retrench to your own position, appeal on authority to your given text and let it go at that as far as seeking the truth of your own view is concerned.

First, Aristotle has in mind, under the heading of «witnesses» (martures) not narrators of things seen so much as moral authorities appealed to by the orator.

The crucial issues mentioned in the Wheaton declarations were: Mission and syncretism, mission and universal salvation, mission and proselytism, mission and the Roman Catholic Church, mission and church growth, mission and foreign mission and mission and Evangelical unity.8 In all these they appealed to the Scripture as final authority.

(2) The New Testament itself appeals to «eyewitnesses and ministers of the word» as authorities for the tradition (Luke 1:2), thereby showing its concern for the historical ministry of Jesus.

That is to say, they must, as much as possible, frame their arguments in a public vocabulary that is as accessible to as many people as possible, and must exercise a disciplined restraint in appealing explicitly to religious authority.

Try not to use him as too large an appeal to authority, it's like when people only seem to know Einstein's name but Fermi, Dirac, Pauli, etc all seem to be mentioned by few, despite being as equally competent.

We are all equals that must never appeal to our authority as an expert.»

Now the point of this discussion is not to appeal to Whitehead as some sort of final authority; Hall clearly recognizes that his own view differs from that of Whitehead at some points (see, e.g., UP 200f.

«Historically, opinion on the appeal to authority has been divided — it has been held to be a valid argument about as often as it has been considered an outright fallacy.»

The force of Luther's protest against the claims to authority of the established Church is to be found partly in the appeal to scripture, but also in this doctrine of man's condition and of the love of God as present only through God's grace.

From this time come the disputes over interpretation of the Law, in which they appealed to the authority of Jesus and represented him as the rabbi which he had never been.

After claiming the authority of natural law, Scripture, tradition, the previous teaching of the magisterium, and the unanimous agreement of the bishops today, the Pope appeals to his own authority as successor of Peter and issues a solemn declaration.

Pinnock appeals to absolutes revealed by God as the final authority in theological reflection.

Paul and others will make an appeal to their authority as apostles when necessary, or they will say it is a custom, or a hymn; it's not that hard, really, when anyone reads the whole thing instead of just verses.

Pinnock acknowledges the diversity in Scripture as the ultimate authority but appeals to continuity within diversity and the early creeds as the basis for theology.

If they do this, one can not get out of such a situation by the application of doublethink, appeals to knowing «by faith,» or even by relying on tradition as authority.

Popieluszko's vision of liberation made no appeal for the Polish authorities who dubbed the «masses for the nation» as «rallies hostile to the Polish state and accused Fr.

«Judge Doty's order did not contain any determinations concerning the fairness of the appeals process under the CBA, including the commissioner's longstanding authority to appoint a designee to act as hearing officer.

Thus, Unicef appeals to the public who may want to donate milk to Sendong survivors not to give the milk directly to affected populations, but rather give the milk to the appropriate authority, such as the DOH, so that distribution of the milk can be carefully managed.

The feeling that somebody has just passed away whose horizons and global appeal extended the international significance of this country is omnipresent — as well as the prevailing idea that his death marks an end of one era... Even the other Vaclav in the presidential office, his successor Klaus, who has been Havel's rival and critic ever since 1989, is now giving him credit — to the degree of admitting that we owe his predecessor «like nobody else for the international position, prestige and authority of the Czech Republic in the world.»

The appeal court added that since the House of Representatives or any chamber of the National Assembly lacked the power to conduct criminal investigation, its report «can not be used to prevent or shield any of the petroleum marketer and supply companies from being investigated by competent investigative authority upon a criminal complaint that it fraudulently received billions of naira as imported petroleum subsidy payments when it did not import or market the petroleum in Nigeria.»

And based on a court ruling yesterday, neither is now required to report to the authorities anytime soon as their convictions are appealed — a process that could take more than a year.

The Homeowners Forum will host presentations from the New York City Department of Finance in reference to calculating and appealing property tax assessments, The New York State Energy Research and Development Authority (NYSERDA) who will be offering energy efficiency program options, the Neighborhood Housing Services of New York City (NHS) presenting first - time homebuyer's education & counseling as well as foreclosure prevention, and HPD which will be present to respond to questions regarding code enforcement.

If the DEBTOR fails to pay within 30 days of the date of judgment date (and files no appeal), the CREDITOR may request a SHERIFF»S EXECUTION from the COUNTY CLERK»S OFFICE giving the Sheriff's Department full authority to seize money or property as payment toward the Judgment.

«Up till today, that Appeal Court judgment of October 10, 2010, that made Fayemi governor is not being cited as authority in any election matter and with Obasanjo's reference to Salamigate as terminology for judicial manipulation, it should be clear to Fayemi himself that he became governor by judicial fraud.

Jacob who works as a Social Worker with the Federal Ministry of Women Affairs and Social Development, Abujaalso appealed to the practitioners and other stakeholders to prevail on those in positions of authority so that the opportunity will not elude the association.

A fugitive from the U.S. authorities, Snowden chose SXSW as the venue for his first live conversation with an audience because the gathering appeals to computer programmers and other technology professionals receptive to his message.

Each local authority makes up its own policy on what to do with cases, and as result of the successful appeal, many have had to look again at this matter.