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'''''Non sequitur''''' ([[Latin]]: "It does not follow") is a [[logical fallacy]] that involves arguing from a [[premise]] to a [[conclusion]] with insufficient or no connection between the two.<ref name=Whitman>Glenn Whitman, [http://www.csun.edu/~dgw61315/fallacies.html#Non%20sequitur Non sequitur], ''Glen Whitman's Debate Page'', August 30, 2005. Retrieved April 9, 2007.</ref>
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'''''Non sequitur''''' ([[Latin]]: "It does not follow") is a [[logical fallacy]] that involves arguing from a [[premise]] to a [[conclusion]] with a lack of sufficient connection between the two.<ref name=Whitman>Glenn Whitman, [http://www.csun.edu/~dgw61315/fallacies.html#Non%20sequitur Non sequitur], ''Glen Whitman's Debate Page'', August 30, 2005. Retrieved April 9, 2007.</ref>
    
== Definitions ==
 
== Definitions ==
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# Y could have occurred with or without X.
 
# Y could have occurred with or without X.
# Another event, Z, actually caused Y.
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# Another event, Z, could have caused Y.
 
# Y caused X rather than X causing Y.
 
# Y caused X rather than X causing Y.
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[[Category:Logical Fallacies]]
 
[[Category:Logical Fallacies]]
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[[Category:Liberal Traits]]
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