ON THE INFLUENCE OF AUTHORITY IN MATTERS OF OPINION. BY GEORGE CORNEWALL LEWIS, ESQ. AZ 2185 LONDON: JOHN W. PARKER, WEST STRAND. MDCCC XLIX. LONDON: SAVILL AND EDWARDS, PRINTERS, 4, CHANDOS STREET, COVENT GARDEN. 46169. BLIOTHEQUE CANTONAL AIR CONTENTS. 1. Distinction between matters of fact and matters of opinion 2. Subject of the Essay: authority in matters of opinion ex- 3. Relation between this subject and logical science 2. Extent to which these opinions are modified in after-life 3. Disposition to follow the crowd in matters of opinion 4. Disposition to defer to the authority of others, arising from 1. Elements of credibility in a witness to a fact. Distinction |