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== Causality ==
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====== Fallacies of causality ======

Various fallacies in which //causal relationships// are misjudged:

===== In this section =====

  * The [[causality:false_cause|false cause fallacy]] is a way of jumping to conclusions about a causal relationship between two events or phenomen which are  based on the joint occurrence of events or phenomena

  * The [[causality:monocausality|fallacy of monocausality]] is the erroneous assumption that a phenomenon has only one (relevant) cause.

  * The [[causality:cause-and-effect|cause-and-effect swap]] is assuming the wrong direction of a causal relationship.

  * The [[causality:teleological_fallacy|teleological fallacy]] is the assumption that there is a meaning or a purpose in something, where it is yet to be proven that this exists.

===== See also =====

  * [[psychology:kognitive_biases:causal_illusion|Causal illusion]] 
  * [[glossary:causality|Causality]]
  * [[:mathematics:statistics:misinterpretations:spurious correlation|Spurious correlation]]

===== More information =====

  * [[wp>Correlation does not imply causation|Correlation does not imply causation]] on //Wikipedia//
  * <i :la>[[http://www.fallacyfiles.org/noncause.html|Non causa pro causa]]</i> on //FallacyFiles//