According to your textbook, what error in reasoning should a speaker watch out for when using causal reasoning in a persuasive speech?
A. committing the post nobis fallacy of using inappropriate causal evidence
B. claiming a causal link between two events when they are merely coincidental
C. assuming that events have only one cause when there may be multiple causes
D. All of these answers are correct.
E. Both claiming a causal link between two events when they are merely coincidental and assuming that events have only one cause when there may be multiple causes.
Answer: E
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