Post Hoc Ergo Propter Hoc
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Synonyms
- After this, therefore because of this
- Assuming the Cause
- Fallacy of post hoc ergo propter hoc
- Faulty Causal Assumption
- Post Hoc
- Post hoc Fallacy
- Post hoc, ergo propter hoc fallacy
Explanation
You commit this fallacy if you argue that "After A, B happened. So A is the cause of B".
Many superstitions use this. For instance, a black cat crosses my path on the way to school. I then fail a test that day. If I used this fallacy, I may conclude I failed because of the black cat, while ignoring other factors as the amount of time I spent studying.
