Post Hoc/Faulty Causality/ Non-Sequitur

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Post Hoc/Faulty Causality/ Non-Sequitur

• By Leah Thompson and Emily Baker-King

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Definition

• Post Hoc afterward.

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DEFINITIONS

• Faulty Causality
• bad relationship of
• cause and effect.

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Continued..

• Non-Sequitur A statement containing
• an illogical conclusion.

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POPULAR CULTURE

• This is an example of non-sequitur because the
  dolphin has nothing to do with the American Bank.

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CRUCIBLE EXAMPLE

• Act One
• Page 189
• Mrs. Putnam
• I knew it! Goody Osburn were midwife to me three
  times. I begged you, Thomas, did I not? I begged
  him not to call Osburn because I feared her. My
  babies always shriveled in her hands.

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CRUCIBLE EXAMPLE

• Act Three
• Pages 224 and 225
• Danforth
• Why can they only repeat you?... A little while
  ago you were afflicted. Now it seems you afflict
  others where did you find this power.

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Citations

• Zupan, Pete. Image of Non-Sequitur. Digital
  image. Center For Inquiry. Center For Inquiry,
  Sept.-Oct. 2001. Web. Feb.-Mar. 2012.
• Cham, Jorge. PHD Comics Post Hoc vs. Post-doc.
  Digital image. Piled Higher and Deeper. PHD,
  Aug.-Sept. 2009. Web. 15 Feb. 2012.
• Marin, Lucian E. "Established JazzRoc versus
  Chemtrails." JazzRoc versus Chemtrails. Word
  Press. Web. 15 Feb. 2012
• "Dolphins." The Financial Brand Marketing
  Insights for Banks Credit Unions. Pettus
  Advertising. Web. 16 Feb. 2012.
• Miller, Arthur. The Crucible, a Play in Four
  Acts. New York Viking, 1953. Print.