Fallacies Of Cause And Effect

Consider five fallacies that often arise when trying to reason your way from cause to effect. Begin with the post hoc fa... (more)

Consider five fallacies that often arise when trying to reason your way from cause to effect. Begin with the post hoc fallacy, which asserts cause and effect based on nothing more than time order. Continue with neglect of a common cause, causal oversimplification, confusion between necessary and sufficient conditions, and the slippery slope fallacy. (less)