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Is authority in its "basic structure" a triadic relation between the bearer, the subject, and the domain of authority (as Bochenski holds); or is it, rather, a quadratic relation between the bearer, the subject, and the domain of authority and the reason for it (as De George suggests—more clearly, however, in "The Nature and Function of Epistemic Authority" than in The Nature and Limits of Authority!)?

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