单词 | post hoc ergo propter hoc |
释义 | post hoc ergo propter hocphr. ‘After this, therefore because of this’; denoting or alluding to the logical fallacy that a thing which follows another is therefore caused by it. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > philosophy > logic > logical syllogism > logical argument > [phrase] > types of fallacy post hoc ergo propter hoc1685 1685 tr. A. Arnauld & P. Nicole Logic III. xix. 3. 102 That usual fallacy of Human wit, Post hoc, Ergo propter hoc. After this, therefore for this. 1704 J. Norris Ess. Ideal World II. iii. 221 That maxim,—Post hoc, ergo propter hoc,—which indeed is good logick with the vulgar,..methinks should not pass for such with the learned. 1756 S. Johnson in Lit. Mag. Aug.–Sept. 229/1 It is incident to physicians,..beyond all other men, to mistake subsequence for consequence, to use the fallacious inference post hoc, ergo propter hoc. 1833 Times 21 Aug. 4/5 Here was ample cause to account for the increase of crime without resorting upon the post hoc ergo propter hoc principle to the beer-shops for an explanation of the phenomenon. 1880 Princeton Rev. May 442 The fallacy of post hoc ergo propter hoc is among the most common, specious, and shallow of all. 1915 Internat. Jrnl. Ethics 25 491 Our American system must be the best, it is said, because under it we have prospered as no other nation ever did. But the form of this argument seems too much like the fallacy of post hoc ergo propter hoc. 1994 N.Y. Rev. Bks. 3 Feb. 42/1 Dr. Peyser is still enmired in the primitive post hoc ergo propter hoc style of thought that pervades psychoanalytic discourse. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < |
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