Posted by Joanna on March 17, 2001 at 22:49:55:
In Reply to: latin translation posted by Brad on March 17, 2001 at 10:57:06:
: Can someone translate the following from latin to english, or direct me to a site that
: can help?
: Post hoc ergo proptor hoc
: Thank you,
: Brad
Brad,
I found this whole phrase in my Webster's dictionary and the meaning is as follows (as it is outlined in my dictionary exactly):
'after this, therefore because of this: in logic, the fallacy of thinking that a happening which follows another must be its result.'