But presumably, Andrew, when you present your List of Fallacies to
your students, it will be a list of individual fallacies rather than a
general problem with logical reasoning; "post hoc ergo propter hoc" is
just a general phrase rather than a particular fallacy.
Chris
On 27 Dec 2007, at 23:46, Andrew Fildes wrote:
> Post hoc ergo propter hoc means 'it came after it so it must be
> caused by it'
> It's a fallacy of assuming a cause (Non causa, pro causa).
> "Every time I wash my car, it rains. Therefore, washing my car brings
> on the rain."
> Sounds daft but in South Australia, thousands of farmers were ruined
> by the 'Rain follows the plough' idea.
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