propter
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- /ˈprɒptər/
- Formal
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propter
- There is something in logic called the "post hoc, ergo propter hoc" fallacy, which means that simply because one event follows another, that does not imply a causal relationship.
- propter ergo
- propter hoc
- post hoc, propter
So we can't have that sort of demonstration, A demonstration propter quid where we go from the cause and then reason to the effect.
- So we can't have that sort of demonstration, A demonstration propter quid where we go from the cause and then reason to the effect.
- There's he uses also the word propter and propter Ali Hood in this actually on on account of something.
Examples
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With rare exception, English juries under the common law system were solely male and, according to renowned English jurist Sir William Blackstone, excluded women propter defectum sexus, or because of a "defect of sex."
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The legal expert explained the principle of propter hoc during the trial.
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So we can't have that sort of demonstration, A demonstration propter quid where we go from the cause and then reason to the effect.
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A diagnosis must be based on more than a post hoc, ergo propter hoc approach.
Academic text (2009) -
Often they are misattributions due to the post hoc ergo propter hoc fallacy.
Blog text (18) -
Your argument suffers the same logical fallacy of post hoc ergo propter hoc that plagues most historians.
Blog text (32) -
Indeed, when Cyprian wrote that the funds had been entrusted to the clergy "precisely to meet emergencies of this kind" (propter eiusmodi casus), he seemed to have indicated that this arrangement was in place only because of this unusual state of affairs.
Academic text (2004) -
In scientific research, conclusions should never rely on propter hoc reasoning.
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His argument was flawed because it assumed a propter hoc relationship without evidence.
Synonyms
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Because of something like illness or excitement
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For a reason that explains why something happened
Compounds
- Formal
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Believing that one event caused another just because it happened earlier
Surface Forms
Etymology
Propter comes from Latin and includes the part pro meaning 'for', which helps you think of support or reason. So propter means 'because of' or 'on account of', and you still find it in legal and scientific phrases to show the cause or reason for something.