{"id":490623,"date":"2023-05-08T11:34:34","date_gmt":"2023-05-08T09:34:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.scribbr.nl\/?p=490623"},"modified":"2023-08-11T10:40:32","modified_gmt":"2023-08-11T08:40:32","slug":"post-hoc-fallacy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.scribbr.com\/fallacies\/post-hoc-fallacy\/","title":{"rendered":"Post Hoc Fallacy | Definition & Examples"},"content":{"rendered":"
The post hoc fallacy<\/strong> is the assumption that because one event preceded another event, they must be causally related. In other words, the first event must have caused the second.<\/p>\n However, the chronological order of two events does not prove a cause-and-effect relationship between them.<\/p>\n