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Noun Concept
Categories: Articles with short description, Latin logical phrases, Causal fallacies
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post hoc  post hoc ergo propter hoc  Coincidental correlation  ergo propter hoc  Fallacy of False Cause
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The logical fallacy of believing that temporal succession implies a causal relation WordNet 3.0
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The logical fallacy of believing that temporal succession implies a causal relation WordNet 3.0 & Open English WordNet
Post hoc ergo propter hoc is an informal fallacy that states: "Since event Y followed event X, event Y must have been caused by event X." It is often shortened simply to post hoc fallacy. Wikipedia
A logical fallacy of causation Wikipedia Disambiguation
An informal fallacy suggesting that when an event follows another event, the earlier event caused the later one Wikipedia Disambiguation
Informal fallacy Wikidata
An instance of the post hoc ergo propter hoc fallacy, in which temporal order is confused with causation. Wiktionary
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logical fallacy
Latin phrase
fallacy
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Granat Encyclopedic Dictionary
WordNet 3.0 & Open English WordNet
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post hoc, post hoc ergo propter hoc
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post hoc ergo propter hoc
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post hoc ergo propter hoc
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post hoc
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Coincidental correlation, ergo propter hoc, Fallacy of False Cause, Logical fallacy/Post hoc, Post-hoc fallacy, Post-hockery, Post ergo propter, post hoc, ergo propter hoc, Post hoc, propter hoc, Post hoc ergo procter hoc, Post hoc ergo prompter hoc, Post hoc ergo propter, Post Hoc Ergo Propter Hoc, Post hoc ergo propter hoc., post hoc fallacy, Post hockery
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post hoc fallacy

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