High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Appeal to authority is a fallacy of defective induction, where it is argued that a statement is correct because the statement is made by a person or source that is commonly regarded as authoritative. The most general structure of this argument is Source A says that p is true. Source A is authoritative. Therefore, p is true. This is a fallacy because the truth or falsity of the claim is not necessarily related to the personal qualities of the claimant, and because the premises can be true, and the conclusion false. It is also known as argumentum ad verecundiam or ipse dixit On the other hand, arguments from authority are an important part of informal logic.

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