Post hoc
"Post hoc" in a Sentence (9 examples)
Our work on using research was post hoc rather than planned as an integral part of the original study.
The interpretations offered in this section are clearly much more post hoc than in my discussion of the informants' patterns.
But I knew that my reasoning was post hoc, and another voice came in, mocking me, reminding me that post hoc reasoning is the consolation of the psychotic
Ultimately, the wisdom of preemption will be judged post hoc.
or that it is altogether fair to accumulate the post hocs with their inevitable suggestion of propter
More grim were the post hocs of the ancient Aztecs. In their experience rain had followed the season of sacrificial rites, and they believed that ....
... or walking under a ladder brings bad luck; belief in astrology; fear of the number thirteen. Advertisers play upon our weakness for post hocs
Accordingly, most of the time it is sufficient to draw lines of post hocs and to make a distinction between causes and symptoms in an almost graphic way.
But I knew that my reasoning was post hoc, and another voice came in, mocking me, reminding me that post hoc reasoning is the consolation of the psychotic