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Questionable cause

Fallacies of questionable cause, also known as causal fallacies, non causa pro causa (Latin: non-cause for cause) or false cause, are fallacies where a cause is incorrectly identified. These include:

• Causal oversimplification
• Correlation implies causation (logical fallacy)
• Joint effect
• Post hoc
• Regression fallacy
• Texas sharpshooter fallacy
• Wrong direction

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