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- Latin · derived fromnōn causa prō causā“not the cause for the cause”
- English todaynon causa pro causa
From Latin nōn causa prō causā (“not the cause for the cause”).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
non causa pro causa
Today it means: An umbrella term for informal fallacies where one mistakes for a cause something that is not the cause; the false cause fallacy. Full definition →
Latin nōn causa prō causā