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  2. Questionable cause - Wikipedia

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    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 the cause or causes is/are incorrectly identified. In other words, it is a fallacy of reaching a conclusion that one thing caused another, simply because they are regularly ...

  3. List of fallacies - Wikipedia

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    Naturalistic fallacy fallacy is a type of argument from fallacy. Straw man fallacy – refuting an argument different from the one actually under discussion, while not recognizing or acknowledging the distinction. [110] Texas sharpshooter fallacy – improperly asserting a cause to explain a cluster of data. [111]

  4. Fallacy of the single cause - Wikipedia

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    The fallacy of the single cause, also known as complex cause, causal oversimplification, [1] causal reductionism, root cause fallacy, and reduction fallacy, [2] is an informal fallacy of questionable cause that occurs when it is assumed that there is a single, simple cause of an outcome when in reality it may have been caused by a number of only jointly sufficient causes.

  5. Category:Causal fallacies - Wikipedia

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    This category is for questionable cause fallacies, arguments where a cause is incorrectly identified. ... Fallacy of the single cause; G. Gambler's conceit; Gambler's ...

  6. Correlation does not imply causation - Wikipedia

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    [1] [2] The idea that "correlation implies causation" is an example of a questionable-cause logical fallacy, in which two events occurring together are taken to have established a cause-and-effect relationship. This fallacy is also known by the Latin phrase cum hoc ergo propter hoc ('with this, therefore because of

  7. Couple Charged with Child Abuse After Botched Home ...

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    The probable cause affidavit filed against Tyler in court claimed that on Nov. 27 he “knowingly performed a circumcision" in his home on a child under the age of 18, which caused the child to ...

  8. Post hoc ergo propter hoc - Wikipedia

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    A logical fallacy of the questionable cause variety, it is subtly different from the fallacy cum hoc ergo propter hoc ('with this, therefore because of this'), in which two events occur simultaneously or the chronological ordering is insignificant or unknown. Post hoc is a logical fallacy in which one event seems to be the cause of a later ...

  9. 10,000 Steps Per Day Is A Myth—So How Much Should You Really ...

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    But, when it comes to getting the most out of the activity, walking anywhere from 6,000 to 7,500 steps was found to reduce all-cause mortality for women over 60, according to the 2022 Lancet ...