Questionable cause

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Fallacies of questionable cause, also known as causal fallacies, non causa pro causa ("non-cause for cause" in Latin) or false cause, are informal fallacies where a cause is incorrectly identified. These include:

• Correlation implies causation (Cum hoc, ergo propter hoc)
• Fallacy of the single cause
• Circular cause and consequence
• Joint effect
• Post hoc ergo propter hoc
• Regression fallacy
• Texas sharpshooter fallacy
• Wrong direction

v • d • e Informal fallacies Begging the question • Fallacy of distribution (Composition • Division) • Gambler's fallacy and its inverse • Many questions • Red herring fallacy • Special pleading Correlative-based fallacies: False dilemma (Perfect solution) • Denying the correlative • Suppressed correlative Deductive fallacies: Accident • Converse accident Inductive fallacies: Biased sample • Conjunction fallacy • False analogy • Hasty generalization • Misleading vividness • Overwhelming exception Vagueness and Ambiguity: Continuum fallacy • False precision • Slippery slope Equivocation: Equivocation • False attribution • Fallacy of quoting out of context • Loki's Wager • No true Scotsman • Reification Questionable cause: Circular cause and consequence • Correlation does not imply causation (Cum hoc) • Post hoc • Regression fallacy • Single cause • Texas sharpshooter • Wrong direction Other types of fallacy

[edit] External links

• Non Causa Pro Causa in the Fallacy Files by Gary N. Curtis