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post hoc (h

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adv. & adj.

In or of the form of an argument in which one event is asserted to be the cause of a later event simply by virtue of having happened earlier: coming to conclusions post hoc; post hoc reasoning.

[Latin, short for post hoc, erg propter hoc, after this, therefore because of this : post, after + hoc, neuter of hic, this.]

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post hoc - the logical fallacy of believing that temporal succession implies a causal relation

post hoc ergo propter hoc

logical fallacy - a fallacy in logical argumentation

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It makes all the difference whether any given event is a case of propter hoc or post hoc.

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