(Last Word) the "After This, Therefore Because of This" Fallacy

question 397

Multiple Choice

(Last Word) The "after this, therefore because of this" fallacy states that

• A) because event A precedes event B, A is necessarily the cause of B.
• B) the very attempt to accomplish a certain objective may create conditions that prohibit the achievement of that objective.
• C) events may drastically alter plans; one's intentions and actual accomplishments may differ considerably.
• D) generalizations that are accurate at the level of microeconomics may be inaccurate at the level of macroeconomics.

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Definitions:

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