Appeal to accomplishment is a Logical fallacy wherein Person A challenges a thesis put forward by Person B because Person B has not accomplished similar feats or accomplished as many feats as Person C or Person A.[1]
The reverse, appealing to the fact that no one has the proper experience in question and thus cannot prove something is impossible, is a version of an argument from silence.
Appeal to accomplishment is a form of appeal to authority, which is a well-known logical fallacy. Some consider that it can be used in a cogent form when all sides of a discussion agree on the reliability of the authority in the given context.[2][3]
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Examples
- "How dare you criticize the prime minister? What do you know about running an entire country?"
- "I'll take your opinions on music seriously when you've released a record that went platinum."
- "Get back to me when you've built up a multi-billion dollar empire of your own. Until then, shut up."
- "If you think you know so much about making a video game, make one yourself!"
- "If you think you know so much about making a Street Mod car, make one yourself!"
References
- ^ Bennett, Bo. "Appeal to Accomplishment". Logically Fallacious.
- ^ Lewiński, Marcin (2008). "Comments on 'Black box arguments'". Argumentation. 22 (3): 447–451. doi:10.1007/s10503-008-9095-x.
- ^ Emermen, Frans (2010). Strategic Maneuvering in Argumentative Discourse: Extending the Pragma-dialectical Theory of Argumentation. p. 203. ISBN 978-9027211194.
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