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Post Hoc, Ergo Propter Hoc

  • Cummings L
Springer International Publishing, (2020), 231-270
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-28513-5_7
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Abstract

The informal fallacy known as post hoc ergo propter hoc (literally: after this, therefore because of this) occurs when it is argued that event (B) is caused by event (A) because (B) occurred after (A). This fallacy occurs very commonly in medicine and health. One...

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Cummings, L. (2020). Post Hoc, Ergo Propter Hoc. In Fallacies in Medicine and Health (pp. 231–270). Springer International Publishing. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-28513-5_7

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