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How & when does someone become an
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"authority?"
ie; an authority on WW2 or modern art.
ie; an authority on WW2 or modern art.
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Absolutely not No Knowledge
This is the problem with a lot of people on this site.
They think that their personal experience is representative of a wider context.
If you lived through WWII you are only an authority on your own experiences of that to assume those experiences are the same as everybody elses' and forms some sort of shared "truth" is the height of arrogance
This is the problem with a lot of people on this site.
They think that their personal experience is representative of a wider context.
If you lived through WWII you are only an authority on your own experiences of that to assume those experiences are the same as everybody elses' and forms some sort of shared "truth" is the height of arrogance
Shirley anyone who can answer most of the questions on a given subject can claim to be an authority.
If you ask someone about the history of Kirkentilloch and they can tell you when it was founded up the modern day that is an authority.
Likewise if you ask someone about Yorkshire CCC and they can give all the facts and figures that is an authority.
You don't need a qualification but you do require unchallangable knowledge.
If you ask someone about the history of Kirkentilloch and they can tell you when it was founded up the modern day that is an authority.
Likewise if you ask someone about Yorkshire CCC and they can give all the facts and figures that is an authority.
You don't need a qualification but you do require unchallangable knowledge.
I don't agree that you need 'unquestionable knowledge' - most subjects are matter of opinion - and therefore it is always questionable.
Someone can be an 'authority' or art, and can lay out their qualifications - but art is still subjective and their authority can be questioned.
Paxman could be considered an authority on politics - but I wouldn't say that he has unquestionable knowledge.
Someone can be an 'authority' or art, and can lay out their qualifications - but art is still subjective and their authority can be questioned.
Paxman could be considered an authority on politics - but I wouldn't say that he has unquestionable knowledge.
If it can be challenged then you not an authority are you?
However you can talk about Piccasso, where he was born, how many kids, wives, where he was when he was in his blue period etc, without worrying about the aesthetics and you can be an authority on Picasso with no subjectivity required.
Like wise you can be an authority on the whtys and wherefores of politics, the history, the decesions and why they were taken without having to side with one side or the other. This would make you a political authority.
Subjectivity is in the end product, the painting or the decision not in how it got there.
You can be an authority on Art or Politics without ever having to be subjective.
However you can talk about Piccasso, where he was born, how many kids, wives, where he was when he was in his blue period etc, without worrying about the aesthetics and you can be an authority on Picasso with no subjectivity required.
Like wise you can be an authority on the whtys and wherefores of politics, the history, the decesions and why they were taken without having to side with one side or the other. This would make you a political authority.
Subjectivity is in the end product, the painting or the decision not in how it got there.
You can be an authority on Art or Politics without ever having to be subjective.
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