@Shouperfluous: If you don’t like my clarification[1] of your statement then I challenge you to rewrite your claim that “Argument from authority does not require the authority be false, it requires that the authority be, itself, used as ‘evidence’ of a claim.” so that the statement makes sense and is responsive to my search for a “magisterial rebuttal, that I can cite in the future”.
1) Do you really not understand that a “magisterial rebuttal” is a statement from a person who speaks authoritatively by the topic being addressed? Do you really believe that a “magisterial rebuttal” entails only “the authority be, itself [cf. a statement by the authority], used as “evidence” of a claim”? REALLY?
2) “Argument from authority [sic. the fallacy of the appeal to false authority] has to do with the authority”—FALSE. As we cannot read minds, reference to an authority (a real authority on the topic at hand or a false authority) of necessity reference a statement, claim, or argument made by the authority and not the authority himself.
Ref. [1] “[The fallacy of the] Argument from authority… requires that the [statement by the] authority be, itself, used as “evidence” [to support] a claim”
@Shouperfluous: If you don’t like my clarification[1] of your statement then I challenge you to rewrite your claim that “Argument from authority does not require the authority be false, it requires that the authority be, itself, used as ‘evidence’ of a claim.” so that the statement makes sense and is responsive to my search for a “magisterial rebuttal, that I can cite in the future”.
1) Do you really not understand that a “magisterial rebuttal” is a statement from a person who speaks authoritatively by the topic being addressed? Do you really believe that a “magisterial rebuttal” entails only “the authority be, itself [cf. a statement by the authority], used as “evidence” of a claim”? REALLY?
2) “Argument from authority [sic. the fallacy of the appeal to false authority] has to do with the authority”—FALSE. As we cannot read minds, reference to an authority (a real authority on the topic at hand or a false authority) of necessity reference a statement, claim, or argument made by the authority and not the authority himself.
Ref.
[1] “[The fallacy of the] Argument from authority… requires that the [statement by the] authority be, itself, used as “evidence” [to support] a claim”