Logical fallacy

Fallacy of the single cause

Also known as: Causal oversimplification · Reduction fallacy
Fairly common#51 of 71 by how common ← All logical fallacies
Dobelli #97

What it is

Attributes an outcome to one cause when it had several that interacted.

Example "The company failed because of one bad CEO."

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