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Post hoc ergo propter hoc (Latin: 'after this, therefore because of this') is an informal fallacy that states "Since event Y followed event X, event Y must have been caused by event X." It is a fallacy in which an event is presumed to have been caused by a closely preceding event merely on the grounds of temporal succession.
post festum: after the feast: Too late, or after the fact post hoc ergo propter hoc: after this, therefore because of this: A logical fallacy where one assumes that one thing happening after another thing means that the first thing caused the second. post meridiem (p.m.) after midday: The period from noon to midnight (cf. ante meridiem) post ...
post hoc ergo propter hoc: after this, therefore because of this A logical fallacy that suggests that an action causes an effect simply because the action occurred before the effect. post mortem: after death Refers to an autopsy, or as a qualification as to when some event occurred. post mortem auctoris: after the author's death
Post hoc ergo propter hoc (Latin for 'after this, therefore because of this'; temporal sequence implies causation) – X happened, then Y happened; therefore X caused Y. [58] Wrong direction (reverse causation) – cause and effect are reversed. The cause is said to be the effect and vice versa. [59]
It asserts that X causes Y when in reality, both X and Y are caused by Z. It is a variation on the post hoc ergo propter hoc fallacy and a member of the questionable cause group of fallacies. All of those examples deal with a lurking variable, which is simply a hidden third variable that affects both of the variables observed to be correlated.
Post hoc analysis or post hoc test, statistical analyses that were not specified before the data were seen; Post hoc theorizing, generating hypotheses based on data already observed; Post hoc ergo propter hoc (after this, therefore because of this), a logical fallacy of causation "Post Hoc, Ergo Propter Hoc" (The West Wing), an episode of the ...
Propter hoc may refer to: Cum hoc ergo propter hoc (Latin: "with this, therefore because of this"), an informal fallacy suggesting that when two events happen together, one must cause the other Post hoc ergo propter hoc (Latin: "after this, therefore because of this"), an informal fallacy suggesting that when an event follows another event, the ...
The questionable cause—also known as causal fallacy, false cause, or non causa pro causa ("non-cause for cause" in Latin)—is a category of informal fallacies in which the cause or causes is/are incorrectly identified.