post hoc ergo propter hoc

  • 11Post hoc, ergo propter hoc — (lat., nach diesem, also wegen dieses), fehlerhafter Schluß, nach welchem man aus der bloßen Aufeinanderfolge zweier Erscheinungen auch einen natürlichen Zusammenhang zwischen beiden folgert …

    Pierer's Universal-Lexikon

  • 12Post hoc, ergo propter hoc — (lat., »danach, also deswegen«), Bezeichnung eines fehlerhaften Schlusses aus der zeitlichen Aufeinanderfolge zweier Erscheinungen auf deren ursächlichen Zusammenhang …

    Kleines Konversations-Lexikon

  • 13post hoc, ergo propter hoc — 1704, logical fallacy, from Latin, lit. after this, therefore because of this …

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  • 14ergo propter hoc — post hoc, ergo propter hoc means ‘after it and therefore because of it’, and refers to the fallacy of assuming that if event A is followed by event B, event B is caused by event A. (On Sunday we prayed for rain, and on Monday it rained. Therefore …

    Modern English usage

  • 15Post-hoc analysis — design and analysis of experiments, refers to looking at the data after the experiment has concluded for patterns that were not specified a priori . It is also known as data dredging to evoke the sense that the more one looks the more likely… …

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  • 16Post hoc — is a Latin phrase, meaning after this or after the event . It may refer to: *Post hoc ergo propter hoc, a logical fallacy *Post hoc analysis, a form of statistical analysis …

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  • 17post hoc — The phrase represents the faulty logic of assuming that one thing was caused by another merely because it followed that prior event in time. From the Latin phrase post hoc ergo propter hoc, which means after this, therefore because of this.… …

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  • 18post hoc — or ergo propter hoc [pōst΄ häk′ er΄gō präp′tər häk΄] [L] after this, therefore because of this: used in logic to designate the fallacy of thinking that a happening which follows another must be its result, and sometimes clipped to post hoc …

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  • 19post hoc — post hoc, ergo propter hoc means ‘after it and therefore because of it’, and refers to the fallacy of assuming that if event A is followed by event B, event B is caused by event A. (On Sunday we prayed for rain, and on Monday it rained. Therefore …

    Modern English usage

  • 20Post hoc ergo propter hoc — cum hoc ergo propter hoc (lat. „mit diesem, also deswegen“) bezeichnet einen logischen Fehler, bei dem zwei gemeinsam auftretende Ereignisse als Ursache und Wirkung erklärt werden. Der Schließende begeht dabei zum einen den Fehler, ohne genauere… …

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