Post Hoc Ergo Propter Hoc

  

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Post Hoc Ergo Propter Hoc

Definition: Post Hoc Ergo Propter Hoc

Post Hoc Ergo Propter Hoc

Noun

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

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 


Synonym: Post Hoc Ergo Propter Hoc

Synonym: post hoc (n). (additional references)

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Synonyms within Context: Post Hoc Ergo Propter Hoc

ContextSynonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus).

Reasoning,

False reasoning, vicious reasoning, circular reasoning; petitio principii, ignoratio elenchi; post hoc ergo propter hoc; non sequitur, ignotum per ignotius.

Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

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Alternative Orthography: Post Hoc Ergo Propter Hoc


Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

50 6F 73 74      48 6F 63      45 72 67 6F      50 72 6F 70 74 65 72      48 6F 63

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

                

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01010000 01101111 01110011 01110100 00100000 01001000 01101111 01100011 00100000 01000101 01110010 01100111 01101111 00100000 01010000 01110010 01101111 01110000 01110100 01100101 01110010 00100000 01001000 01101111 01100011

HTML Code (1990) (references)

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ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0050 006F 0073 0074      0048 006F 0063      0045 0072 0067 006F      0050 0072 006F 0070 0074 0065 0072      0048 006F 0063

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

5081858624281692398473812508481828671842428169

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1. Definition
2. Synonyms
3. Orthography
4. Bibliography


  

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