====== Inverse fallacy ======

An (inadmissible) reversal of a logical //cause-effect// or of an ‘if-then’ relationship.

For example:

> //If// an animal is a dog, //then// it has four legs.
> Our cat has four legs.
> <s conclusio invalid "Inverse fallacy">Therefore, Our cat is a dog.</s>

===== Other names =====

  * Inversion error
  * Fallacy of the inverse
  * Fallacy of inversion

  * [[logic:formal_fallacies:affirming_the_consequent|Affirming the consequent]] / [[logic:formal_fallacies:denying_the_antecedent|denying the antecedent]]

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**Note:** The //Inverse fallacy// should not be confused with the [[mathematics:stochastics:probabilities:confusion_of_the_inverse|Confusion of the Inverse]].
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===== Description =====

The //inversion error// is a synonym for the formal fallacy of [[logic:formal_fallacies:denying_the_antecedent|denying the antecedent]] and is used here specifically to refer to its practical applications.

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