KnowraAffirming the consequentLinked fromLinked fromThe 6 pages that link to Affirming the consequent, each with the reason it gives.All 6Broader topic 1Related 1Compared with 4Modus ponensCompared with: It resembles modus ponens but wrongly treats the consequent as sufficient for the antecedent.Abductive reasoningRelated: A hypothesis explaining an observation is not thereby proven, a limitation this fallacy illustrates.Modus tollensCompared with: It reverses the valid move: a true consequent does not establish the antecedent.Disjunctive syllogismCompared with: It shows why accepting an outcome does not generally identify which alternative produced it.Formal fallacyBroader topic: It treats a consequence of a condition as proof that the condition held.Constructive dilemmaCompared with: It is a common conditional fallacy, unlike the valid forward reasoning used in constructive dilemma.