Fundamentals of Critical Argumentation by Douglas Walton | Excerpt
The following excerpt about the correlation-causation fallacy is from Professor Douglas Walton's Fundamentals of Critical Argumentation....
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The following excerpt about the correlation-causation fallacy is from Professor Douglas Walton's Fundamentals of Critical Argumentation.
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[T]he three main critical questions that should be asked, when an argument from correlation to cause is put forward, are the following.
1. Is there really a correlation between A and B?
2. Is there any reason to think that the correlation is any more than
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[T]he three main critical questions that should be asked, when an argument from correlation to cause is put forward, are the following.
1. Is there really a correlation between A and B?
2. Is there any reason to think that the correlation is any more than
