Definition of Post hoc

1. Noun. The logical fallacy of believing that temporal succession implies a causal relation.

Exact synonyms: Post Hoc Ergo Propter Hoc
Generic synonyms: Logical Fallacy

Definition of Post hoc

1. Adjective. after the fact ¹

2. Adverb. after the fact ¹

3. Noun. An instance of the ''post hoc ergo propter hoc'' fallacy, in which temporal order is confused with causation. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Post Hoc

post-traumatic
post-traumatic stress disorder
post-war
post and lintel
post box
post boxes
post card
post chaise
post count
post doc
post exchange
post festum
post game
post games
post haste
post hoc (current term)
post hoc ergo propter hoc
post hocs
post hole
post horn
post horns
post horse
post meridiem
post mold
post mortem
post mortems
post note
post notes
post oak
post oak bluff

Literary usage of Post hoc

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Fallacies: A View of Logic from the Practical Side by Alfred Sidgwick (1884)
"Valid induction often enough begins by simplex enumeratio ; and post hoc often sets us on the track of a law: indeed it is difficult to suppose any other ..."

2. Fallacies: A View of Logic from the Practical Side by Alfred Sidgwick (1884)
"Valid induction often enough begins by simplex enumeratio ; and post hoc often sets us on the track of a law: indeed it is difficult to suppose any other ..."

3. Fallacies: A View of Logic from the Practical Side by Alfred Sidgwick (1884)
"Valid induction often enough begins by simplex enumeratio ; and post hoc often sets us on the track of a law: indeed it is difficult to suppose any other ..."

4. The Journal of Speculative Philosophy: Ed. by Wm. T. Harris edited by William Torrey Harris (1880)
"We have just seen a quotation which admitted succession proper hoc to be other than succession post hoc, and propositions to the same effect may be found ..."

5. Fallacies of Protection: Being the Sophismes économiques of Frederick Bastiat by Frédéric Bastiat, Cobden Club (London, England) (1909)
"... VI post hoc, ERGO PROPTER HOC 'HIS is the greatest and most common fallacy in reasoning. Real sufferings, for example, have manifested themselves in ..."

6. Fallacies: A View of Logic from the Practical Side by Alfred Sidgwick (1884)
"Valid induction often enough begins by simplex enumeratio ; and post hoc often sets us on the track of a law: indeed it is difficult to suppose any other ..."

7. Fallacies: A View of Logic from the Practical Side by Alfred Sidgwick (1884)
"Valid induction often enough begins by simplex enumeratio ; and post hoc often sets us on the track of a law: indeed it is difficult to suppose any other ..."

8. Fallacies: A View of Logic from the Practical Side by Alfred Sidgwick (1884)
"Valid induction often enough begins by simplex enumeratio ; and post hoc often sets us on the track of a law: indeed it is difficult to suppose any other ..."

9. The Journal of Speculative Philosophy: Ed. by Wm. T. Harris edited by William Torrey Harris (1880)
"We have just seen a quotation which admitted succession proper hoc to be other than succession post hoc, and propositions to the same effect may be found ..."

10. Fallacies of Protection: Being the Sophismes économiques of Frederick Bastiat by Frédéric Bastiat, Cobden Club (London, England) (1909)
"... VI post hoc, ERGO PROPTER HOC 'HIS is the greatest and most common fallacy in reasoning. Real sufferings, for example, have manifested themselves in ..."

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