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argument_from_expert_opinion

argumentation_schemes::catalog::epistemic

Function argument_from_expert_opinion 

Source 
pub fn argument_from_expert_opinion() -> SchemeSpec
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Argument from Expert Opinion (Walton 2008 p.14, Scheme 1).

E is an expert in domain D. E asserts that proposition A is true. Therefore, A may plausibly be taken to be true.