Professor Stevens, the great English scholar, says that Chaucer's Canterbury Tales represents a mile-stone in the development of
the English language. Therefore, the Canterbury Tales must indeed be a mile-stone, just as he says. A) Appeal to force.
B) No fallacy.
C) Amphiboly.
D) Appeal to unqualified authority.
E) False cause.
In this example, the speaker is using the authority of Professor Stevens as a way to justify the claim he is making. This is an appeal to authority, and there is no consensus as to whether this is a valid claim or a fallacy. Some authors consider this a valid claim, as the authority is a legitimate expert in the subject. Other authors consider it a fallacy, and it receives the name of <em>argumentum ad verecundiam</em>. This is based on the idea that even an expert can be wrong, and therefore, this is not an appropriate source of evidence.
Victor didn't like to be around other people on London because he didn't want people to find out what he was doing. Victor wanted that nobody knew about the creation of his new creature.
