Charles Sumner: “Post hoc, ergo propter hoc, is too loose a rule for our Government on…”

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Post hoc, ergo propter hoc, is too loose a rule for our Government on the present occasion.

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Massachusetts

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Sumner critiques the logical fallacy of assuming that correlation implies causation in government decisions.

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Charles Sumner: “Post hoc, ergo propter hoc, is too loose a rule for our Government on the present occasion.”