Posted on 03/18/2002 8:12:30 AM PST by Brookhaven
Namely, the conclusion that because an argument is fallacious the conclusion is false!
For instance, I often hear people argue that since "correlation does not PROVE causation,"
if two things are correlated, one can infer that they are NOT causally related!
That's awkwardly worded, but I think you see my point.
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