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the claim
The appeal to authority fallacy concludes that a claim is true based solely on an authority's testimony.
the verdict
COMMON KNOWLEDGE
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The claim defines the appeal to authority fallacy correctly and does not require citation.

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The analysis

The claim simply defines a well-known logical fallacy (argumentum ad verecundiam) by its standard textbook definition. This is a matter of common knowledge and standard philosophical terminology, so no empirical papers are needed to verify it.

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first checked04 Aug 2026
judged → COMMON KNOWLEDGE · 9504 Aug 2026
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