Post Hoc Ergo Propter Hoc

A named fallacy, but:


A fallacy doesn't mean it's wrong, it just means that logic can't guarantee truth preservation. Fallacious reasoning could produce a true conclusion; it's just that the truth is empirical or accidental rather than guaranteed by the form of reason.

3 comments:

Assistant Village Idiot said...

Some theories fit the facts but don't command the facts. In this case, the lack of campaign funding for candidates that are not "far right" may be part of the answer. It does not contradict any of the facts, anyway.

Anonymous said...

Correlation is not necessarily causation --- but that's often where the smart money is. --- G. Poulin

Christopher B said...

The dog that didn't bark.