Concluding that one thing caused another, simply because they are regularly associated .
Examples:
- Every time I go to sleep, the sun goes down. Therefore, my going to sleep causes the sun to set.
Synonyms: butterfly logic, ignoring a common cause, neglecting a common cause, confusing correlation and causation, confusing cause and effect, false cause, non causa pro causa, third cause, third-cause fallacy, juxtaposition [form of], reversing causality/wrong direction [form of]