Post hoc ergo proctor hoc?
I know ergo is probably "therefore", and post is "after" so proctor must be "before", but I'm clueless...
2007-04-02 11:09:36 · 5 answers · asked by TooMuch 4 in Society & Culture ➔ Languages
After the fact, therefore, I am caused to keep doing this.
Proctor is the present singular passive procurare, to try to do, keep doing. Because of fact A fact B is the inevitable outcome. A logical fallacy, so everyone says. Another version of sod's law.
The renderings I have seen point rather to the word "propter", which means "because of , on account of."
2007-04-02 11:22:27 · answer #1 · answered by Doethineb 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
It translates to "after this, therefore because of this"
Basically it tries to suggest that because one event happened before another the first must have caused the second.
For example,
If I fall, and later find I have a broken glasses, the fall must have caused the broken glasses.
2007-04-02 18:14:14 · answer #2 · answered by Weatherman 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
"after here therefore nearer here"
But what does it mean?
I've seen this phrase somewhere, so it really does mean something, but like most Latin it's hard to work out!
2007-04-02 18:15:21 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
"after this, therefore because of this"
It's a type of logical fallacy.
2007-04-02 18:18:40 · answer #4 · answered by Erik Van Thienen 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Et Tu Brutus?
2007-04-02 18:12:30 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 5⤋