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Definition of Post hoc ergo propter hoc
1. Noun. The logical fallacy of believing that temporal succession implies a causal relation.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Post Hoc Ergo Propter Hoc
Literary usage of Post hoc ergo propter hoc
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. 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 ..."
2. Myth, Ritual and Religion by Andrew Lang (1901)
"Claims of sorcerers—Savage scientific speculation—Theory of causation— Credulity,
except as to new religious ideas—" Post hoc, ergo propter hoc ..."
3. Fallacies of Protection: Being the Sophismes Economiques by Frédéric Bastiat (1909)
"... VI POST HOC, ERGO PROPTER HOC THIS is the greatest and most common fallacy in
reasoning. Real sufferings, for example, have manifested themselves in ..."
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