The Credibility Criteria

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Clues

  • When the source favours one particular point of view (4)
  • When the source is not predisposed to support a particular point of view (10)
  • Whether a source is in a position to know what they are talking about, such as having access to evidence (7, 2, 7)
  • Whether the souce's history, or their status suggests reliability or unreliablilty. (11)
  • Whether the source has relavant knowledge and understanding of the subject (9)
  • Whether the source of the argument has anything personally at stake in the argument (6, 8)

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