post hoc ergo propter hoc

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

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logical fallacy - a fallacy in logical argumentation

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post hoc ergo propter hoc: The name in Latin means "after this therefore because of this." This describes the fallacy.

Glossary of Statistical Terms

This fallacy is known as "post hoc ergo propter hoc," or "after this; therefore, because of this." Another related fallacy includes little to no relationship between the cause and effect.

Logic and inductive reasoning

Historical circumstances matter, religions (and peoples) change over time, and post hoc ergo propter hoc is a fallacy--what happened then is not necessarily the cause of what is happening now.

God's Wolf: The Life of the Most Notorious of All Crusaders, Scourge of Saladin

support as of greatly reduced credibility.) I am aware that post hoc ergo propter hoc is a classical fallacy, but there is surely some connection between such a major American defeat and the encouragement of our enemies.

Vietnam: the war we had to fight

Post hoc ergo propter hoc [Latin for 'after this, therefore because of this'].

Ten -year ban for Ahern

One of the most frequent errors results from post hoc ergo propter hoc reasoning.

Laryngeal cancer and asbestos exposure: what singing teachers should know

It is tempting to see in the first part of The French Idea of History the working out of one large post hoc ergo propter hoc fallacy.

THE FORTUNES OF BOOKS

Wills' thesis about the modern presidency after the Bomb, therefore because of the Bomb rests on a post hoc ergo propter hoc fallacy.