Philosopher: The eighteenth-century thesis that motion is absolute asserts that the change in an object' s position over time could be measured without reference to the position of any other object. A well-respected physicist, however, claims that this thesis is incoherent. Since a thesis that is incoherent cannot be accepted as a description of reality, motion cannot be absolute. The argument uses which one of the following argumentative techniques?
A: attempting to persuade by the mere use of technical terminology
B: inferring from what has been observed to be the case under experimental conditions to what is in principle true
C: generalizing from what is true in one region of space to what must be true in all regions of space
D: relying on the authority of an expert to support a premise
Choose A, B, C or D as your solution.
D