Fallacies Of False Cause Essay

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Reasoning is the way we think and processes something in a logical way. When it comes to thinking, we fight to reason in a correct way, so we can be able to use the process of logic to recognize the different ways we reason incorrectly. When we infer incorrectly, that is a fallacy because any mistake in reasoning is a fallacy. They are nineteen errors separated into four groups. The four teams are fallacies of relevance, fallacies if defective induction, fallacies of presumption, and fallacies of ambiguity. Throughout my paper I will be explaining the fallacies of false cause and accident to see what they have in common, are they alike, distinct, and if they are related in some, but not all ways. Also, I will be explaining the distinction between fallacies of equivocation and amphiboly.
The fallacy of false cause is when one predicts that something is caused by something because it follows the other so closely. It states, “When one argues that because two events have occurred in time together or seem to have some kind of relationship, one must have caused the other” (Squires, 2010). For example, I always exercise every day for an hour, so I will always be skinny. This example is a fallacy of false cause because I’m …show more content…

The logical form of the fallacy of accident is that X is an accepted and common rule; therefore, there is no exception to X. An example of this fallacy is that I believe that people are never supposed to deliberately hurt other people, and this is the reason as to why I will never become a surgeon. The logical form of the fallacy of false cause is phenomenon X occurs after which Y occurred. This means that X caused Y. An example is that every time you come to visit me, I feel sick. Therefore, the sickness is caused by your visit. This means that I might feel better if you did not visit me (Administration 2016,

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