e/Retrospective determinism

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has glosseng: Retrospective determinism is the logical fallacy that because something happened, it was therefore bound to happen; the term was coined by the French philosopher Henri Bergson. For example: :When he declared himself dictator of the Roman Republic, Julius Caesar was bound to be assassinated. This argument gives no logical grounds to conclude Caesars assassination was the only possible outcome, or even the most likely outcome of the circumstances. Simply asserting this is committing the fallacy of retrospective determinism. This type of fallacy is often used as a build-up to a hasty generalization: because something happened in given circumstances, it was not only bound to happen, but will in fact always happen given those circumstances. For example: :Caesar was assassinated when he declared himself dictator.
lexicalizationeng: Retrospective determinism
instance of(noun) a misconception resulting from incorrect reasoning
false belief, fallacy

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