Appeal to Authority fallacy is when you believe someone blindly because you admire that person or it can be a role model as well. When I was younger, my dad have told me to not to get in the pond because a devil would come and drag me inside of it. I believed my dad because he is my role model and I admire him, as a result he cannot lie. My dad holds the authority here because I believe him blindly without any evidence.
We all believe what the doctor says in general because we know that he knows better about anything with sickness. If he says that I got fever because I ate rice and I will believe it.
3 thoughts on “Sunjida Khanam – DB 7 – Appeal to Authority Fallacy”
Hi Sunjida, your example of the appeal to authority fallacy is something we all can relate. Growing up I would believe anything my parents and elder would told me because I thought that the new better . It is the same case with experts in all fields who we rely on because they have more knowledge on the subject, however they are humans as us therefore they could be wrong too.
Hi Sunjida, I agree with your second example. We tend to believe someone who has authority readily. It could be teachers, doctors, or parents. My cousin had trusted her dancing instructor for a long time, and she always followed what the instructor said. From my perspective, it looked like she just abandoned considering by herself. It is because she relied on her instructor to think about her opinions.
I get where you’re coming from. Though, this reminds me of our obedience and authority lessons. And how people can follow doctors blindly solely because there authority position. But that’s the point of this fallacy, its to use that blind following into trusting whatever the doc in the pic says simply because he’s a doctor. And that’s the fallacy. Doctors, no matter the qualifications, aren’t always right.