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Score: A fallacy in logic stating that "after this, therefore because of this" is called _____. post hoc analysis incidental hic hoc

Score: A fallacy in logic stating that "after this, therefore because of this" is called _____. post hoc analysis incidental hic hoc
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Score: A fallacy in logic stating that "after this, therefore because of this" is called _____. post hoc analysis incidental hic hoc

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The correct answer is Post Hoc, more precisely Post hoc ergo propter hoc

It means that if something occurred after something else, it must have ocurred because of that something else. It is a common logical fallacy.
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