Argument schemes

Cause to Effect

Infers a consequence from a cause already known to produce it.

Its critical questions

A claim inferred by this scheme is provisional: it stands only while these stay open or favourable, and an unfavourable answer withdraws the inference.

• Is the causal link genuine, not merely a correlation?
• Could another cause produce the same effect?
• Did any intervening condition block it?

Inferred by this scheme

• The planting of explosives on the pipelines caused the major leaks into the Baltic Sea.

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