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Historian's fallacy

Historian's fallacy – occurs when one assumes that decision makers of the past viewed events from the same perspective and having the same information as those subsequently analyzing the decision.


(Not to be confused with presentism, which is a mode of historical analysis in which present-day ideas, such as moral standards, are projected into the past.)

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Fallacies
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Informal fallacies
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Historian's fallacy
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(Shifting the) Burden of proof
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Argument from ignorance
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Argument from repetition
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Argument from silence
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Argument to moderation
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Argumentum verbosium
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Begging the question
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Circular cause and consequence
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Continuum fallacy
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Correlation does not imply causation
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Correlative-based fallacies
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Ecological fallacy
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Equivocation
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Etymological fallacy
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Fallacy of composition
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Fallacy of division
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Fallacy of many questions
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Fallacy of the single cause
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False attribution
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False dilemma
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Gambler's fallacy
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Homunculus fallacy
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If-by-whiskey
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Ignoratio elenchi
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Incomplete comparison
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Inconsistent comparison
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Intentional fallacy
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Kettle logic
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Ludic fallacy
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Mind projection fallacy
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Moving the goalposts
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Nirvana fallacy
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Onus probandi
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Petitio principii
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Post hoc ergo propter hoc
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Proof by verbosity
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Prosecutor's fallacy
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Psychologist's fallacy
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Red herring
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Regression fallacy
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Reification
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Retrospective determinism
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Self-contradiction
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Special pleading
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Straw man
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Wrong direction
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