Questionable cause
The questionable cause—also known as causal fallacy, false cause, or non causa pro causa ("non-cause for cause" in Latin)—is a category of informal fallacies in which a cause is incorrectly identified.
An example that clearly states what false cause is can be given by, Every time I go to sleep, the sun goes down. Therefore, my going to sleep causes the sun to set.[1]
Fallacies of questionable cause include:
- Circular cause and consequence
- Correlation implies causation (cum hoc, ergo propter hoc)
- Fallacy of the single cause
- Post hoc ergo propter hoc
- Regression fallacy
- Texas sharpshooter fallacy
- Jumping to conclusions
References
- ↑ "Questionable Cause". https://www.logicallyfallacious.com. Retrieved 2016-11-23. External link in
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External links
- Non causa pro causa in the Fallacy Files by Gary N. Curtis
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