The post hoc, ergo propter hoc fallacy is the belief that
A. it is impossible to draw generalizations about cause and effect.
B. what is true for a part is necessarily true for the whole.
C. what is true for the whole is necessarily true of the parts.
D. if Event A happens before Event B happens, then Event A causes Event B to occur.
Answer: D
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