Chapter 20 New Flashcards

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The error of attributing a cause-and-effect relationship between two events that do not actually have such a relationship

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false cause fallacy

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“After this, therefore because of this.” The (false cause) fallacy of assuming that event. A caused event B solely on the basis that B came after A.

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Post Hoc Ergo Propter Hoc Fallacy

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“With this, therefore because of this.” The (false cause) fallacy of assuming that event A caused event B solely on the bases that the two events occur together.

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Cum Hoc Ergo Propter Hoc

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