non causa pro causa

[ non kaw-zuhproh kaw-zuh; Latin nohn kou-sah proh kou-sah ]

nounLogic.
  1. the fallacy of giving as a reason for a conclusion a proposition not actually relevant to that conclusion.

Origin of non causa pro causa

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From Latin nōn causa prō causā literally, “no cause for cause”

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