Affirming the Consequent

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Category: Logic

Foundational Lexiconbackwards logic
Executive Parlanceinvalid inference
Scholarly Discourseconsequent affirmation
Babel ZenithAffirming the Consequent
Origin: Logic

Etymology & Meaning

Concluding the antecedent from the consequent.

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