If something happens just before event B, such as seeing a black cat, and we conclude that the black cat caused event B just because it came prior to event B, then we are guilty of the fallacy of
a. false analogy.
b. extravagant hypothesis.
c. post hoc ergo propter hoc.
d. slippery slope.
c
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