Causal fallacy

Japanese: 因果関係の錯誤 - いんがかんけいのさくご
Causal fallacy

...There are cases where the mistake is within the same constituent element, such as when a person shoots a pistol to kill A and the bullet hits B who is nearby (a mistake of concrete fact), and cases where the mistake spans different constituent elements, such as when a person fires a hunting rifle thinking it is a scarecrow and intends to damage property, but it turns out to be a person and ends up killing him (a mistake of abstract fact). There are three types of mistakes of fact: mistake of object (purpose), mistake of method (shot), and mistake of causation. A mistake of object refers to a case where the object of an act is mistaken, such as when a person thinks he is killing A but actually B, or when he shoots a pistol thinking it is a person and it turns out to be a doll. ...

*Some of the terminology explanations that refer to the "causation fallacy" are listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…Aを殺そうとピストルで射ったところ,弾丸がそばにいたBに命中したというように,錯誤が同じ構成要件内にある場合(具体的事実の錯誤)と,カカシだと思って器物損壊のつもりで猟銃を発射したところ,それが実は人であって,人を殺してしまったというように,錯誤が異なる構成要件にまたがっている場合(抽象的事実の錯誤)とがある。事実の錯誤の態様には,客体(目的)の錯誤,方法(打撃)の錯誤と因果関係の錯誤がある。客体の錯誤とは,Aと思って殺したところBであった,人だと思いピストルを射ったところ人形であったというように,行為の客体をとり違えた場合をいう。…

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