Usually means: Logical fallacy of invalid inference.
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  1. affirming the consequent: Collins English Dictionary
  2. affirming the consequent: Wiktionary
  3. Affirming the consequent: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia

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  1. affirming the consequent: Dictionary of Philosophical Terms and Names

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Definitions from Wiktionary (affirming the consequent)

noun:  (logic) A formal fallacy, committed by reasoning in the form:

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