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Post hoc   /poʊst hɑk/   Listen
Post hoc

noun
1.
The logical fallacy of believing that temporal succession implies a causal relation.  Synonym: post hoc ergo propter hoc.






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"Post hoc" Quotes from Famous Books



... "Post hoc non propter hoc" is an excellent maxim, but one that never seems to enter the missionary head down here. Highly disgusted and pained at his pupils' goings-on, but absolutely convinced of the excellence of his own methods of instruction, and the spiritual ...
— Travels in West Africa • Mary H. Kingsley

... circumstances is a sound conception. (4) That the arts and sciences which receive payment are likewise to be comprehended under the notion of wealth, also touches a question of modern political economy. (5) The distinction of post hoc and propter hoc, often lost sight of in modern as well as in ancient times. These metaphysical conceptions and distinctions show considerable power of thought in the writer, whatever we may think of his merits as ...
— Eryxias • An Imitator of Plato



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