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Otherwise known by the Latin phrase "cum hoc ergo propter hoc" ('with this, therefore because of this'), this fallacy arises when one establishes via inference a causal relationship between two events occurring simultaneously and consistently without supportin...

Similarly called appeal to authority, or argumentum ad verecundiam, an authoritative source is used to justify the legitimacy and facticity of an argument, without providing contextual and evidential reasons to corroborate its apparent validity. Such an argume...