What does "post hoc propter id" mean?

Question

What does "post hoc propter id" mean?

Answer 1

"Post hoc propter id" would literally mean, "after this because of it." This is probably supposed to be like the common phrase "post hoc ergo propter hoc" which refers to a fallacious argument that states that a thing that happens after something happens because of it. An example of this kind of argument would be someone eating an apple and dying then someone else says that the other person died because they ate the apple. It could be true but it's not necessarily true.

Answer 2

It is latin language..Post-is posui positum  ponere (verb to put) hoc (here) propter (rather,than) id (there)

Translation** You have placed here than there...

This means that you have done mistake ( quì pro quò) in a lettar in a discourse..or a list of answers...

Example..in a picture you have two trees one is a banana tree other apple tree..if you paint a banana fruit on apple-tree...You have "post hoc propter id"...

by..by .. Francis - town of Florence - Italy

Answer 3

Idk, but the logical fallacy "post hoc ergo propter hoc" means that an event is not necessarily caused by a previous event.