post hoc

• Locución latina que significa «después de esto», usada en lógica y argumentación para referirse a la falacia de suponer que, porque un evento ocurrió después de otro, el primero fue causado por el segundo.

A Latin phrase meaning 'after this,' used in logic and reasoning to refer to the fallacy of assuming that because one event followed another, it was caused by the first event.

1. C1formal

   A logical fallacy where one assumes that because one event occurred after another, it must have been caused by it.

   Falacia post hoc

   • The argument that the rooster's crow causes the sun to rise is a classic post hoc fallacy.
   • He claimed the new policy caused the economic growth, but that is just post hoc reasoning.
   • Many superstitions are based on post hoc thinking.