Fallacies+of+the+day

Fallacies of the Day

1. P1: There was an ambush in which 57 people, including the wife of Ampatuan's political rival, died.  P2: The Ampatuan family had discussed killing their political rivals six days before the ambush.  C: The Ampatuan family must have the culprit behind the ambush.

 The conclusion asserts that the Ampatuan family was the cause of the ambush but the argument did not provide sufficient evidence to show a causal relationship between the two. The conclusion is based solely on the sequence of the events. However, it is insufficient to prove that a causal relationship between the two events exists since there could be other more relevant reasons for the ambush such as the strong hatred of the victim by other political parties or it could simply be a coincidence. In the absence of further details, we cannot conclude who caused the ambush, so we shouldn't rule out other causes or assert that the Ampatuan family is the cause. There isn't any sufficient reason for us to accept the conclusion at all.

 -Cherine