Affirming the consequent (fallacy)

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The invalid inference pattern: from P → Q and Q, conclude P. This is NOT a valid rule of inference — it is a named formal fallacy. Confuses the conditional with its converse. Example: 'If it rains, the street is wet; the street is wet;…

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