Affirmation of the consequent
Affirmation of the consequent
Reversing the implication: p involves q, so q implies p
Affirmation of the Consequent or Affirmation of the Consequence or Inverse Error is the formal fallacy of assuming that if a premise is always followed by a consequence, then whenever we are faced with the presence of the consequence we must assume that the cause is the same. -
examples:
It is known that A causes B Before B, it is assumed that it is caused by A
or
If A, then B B, therefore A