For AI agents: This article is the human-readable version. To check whether an argument commits a fallacy, use the machine-readable Check Fallacies tool — start with the Instructions for AIs.
Differences
This shows you the differences between two versions of the page.
| Both sides previous revisionPrevious revision | |
| causality:index [21.07.24, 16:30:18] – sascha | causality:index [15.09.26, 08:33:01] (current) – [In this section] sascha |
|---|
| ===== In this section ===== | ===== 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: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: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: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. | * 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 ===== | ===== See also ===== |
