NON CAUSA PRO CAUSA Definition & Meaning

non causa pro causa

[ non kaw-zuh proh kaw-zuh; Latin nohn kou-sah proh kou-sah ]

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noun

Logic.

the fallacy of giving as a reason for a conclusion a proposition not actually relevant to that conclusion.

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51�Թ� History and Origins

Origin of non causa pro causa¹

From Latin nōn causa prō causā literally, “no cause for cause”

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His logic also is as faulty as his theology—non causa pro causa.

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In other words, theirs is the fallacy of non causa pro causa, or that vicious process of reasoning which alleges some other than the real cause of vital manifestation, and fastens induction where none is legitimately inferable.

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Non causa pro causa, Fallacy of, 883.

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