Non Sequitur

Latin Name

Non Sequitur

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Derailment

Description

When your conclusion simply does not follow from your premises. In other words, you provide arguments and a conclusion, but the arguments do nothing to prove the conclusion.

This is called a non sequitur because it is Latin for "does not follow".

Example

Pizza restaurants are very popular and financially successful. Therefore pizza is good for your health.

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