Question

Create an original example for the fallacy type Mistaken Causality that could relate to you as a teen/high school student.

Answer 1

Answer:

If you would not buy this workbook from school, you will fail in exams.

Explanation:

Mistaken Causality is a type of fallacy which states that one event brought about the causation of the other event. It is based on the domino effect, which asserts that occurrence of one event produced the happening of other event.

An example of mistaken causality fallacy related to teen/high school that a student could relate is when teachers or school forces them to buy certain products from school only which, otherwise, may have adverse effects.

One such example of this is:

'If you would not buy this workbook from school, you will fail in exams.'

This is an example of mistaken causality. Because no student would fail if he/she knows his subject very well and study from his textbooks. Workbooks are there for further help and advance knowledge, which can be bought from stationaries or practiced online.