Non sequitur

What it is

Draws a conclusion that does not follow from the premises.

Related

• Halo effect bias
  "She's charming, so she must be right" is a non sequitur carried by the halo effect.
• Affirming the consequent fallacy
  Affirming the consequent is a classic formal non sequitur: the conclusion looks like it follows but does not.
• Irrelevant conclusion fallacy
  Both fail to connect the premises to the claim at issue; an irrelevant conclusion proves something else, a non sequitur proves nothing.

References

• Wikipedia: Non sequitur en.wikipedia.org
• Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy: Fallacies iep.utm.edu
• Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy: Fallacies plato.stanford.edu
• Wikipedia: List of fallacies en.wikipedia.org
• Purdue OWL: Logical fallacies owl.purdue.edu

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