The false cause fallacy occurs when
A. one appeals to the opinion of an authority on causation and explanation to answer a question about something outside his or her field of expertise.
B. one possible cause of a phenomenon is assumed to be a (or the) cause although reasons are lacking for excluding other possible causes.
C. one asks a question that illegitimately presupposes some causal claim alluded to in the question.
D. one appeals to the desire to be accepted by others in order to gain acceptance of a claim that one thing caused another.
B. one possible cause of a phenomenon is assumed to be a (or the) cause although reasons are lacking for excluding other possible causes.
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