Friday, August 7, 2009
Post hoc, ergo propter hoc.
An episode of The West Wing mentions "post hoc, ergo propter hoc," the fallacy of logic that because one event precedes another, the prior event CAUSED the latter. The English translation of the phrase is "After it, therefore because of it."
See also Post hoc ergo, propter hoc.
See also Post hoc ergo, propter hoc.
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