Question

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Write one or two sentences that illustrate an original example of post hoc. Then write two or three sentences explaining why this is an example of post hoc. Use proper spelling and grammar.???

Answer 1

@vera_ewing

Answer 2

What do you need help with?

Answer 3

well i dont know any examples of post hoc

Answer 4

original example ??

Answer 5

Do you understand what post hoc is?

Answer 6

yea and yea its occuring or done after the event

Answer 7

Do you have to use the term "post hoc" in a sentence? I'm not quite sure what the question is asking.

Answer 8

I am still trying to figure out what they mean by " original example ".....first one ??

Answer 9

or one of your own examples ?

Answer 10

no ithink i just have to have a example of it then explain how it it a example of post hoc

Answer 11

and i know thats what i dont get

Answer 12

@vera_ewing

Answer 13

Real-World Examples
One example of the post hoc flaw is the evidence often given for the efficacy of prayer. When someone reasons that as they prayed for something and it then happened, it therefore must have happened because they prayed for it, they commit the post hoc fallacy. The correlation between the prayer and the event could result from coincidence, rather than cause, so does not prove that prayer works.
Superstitions often arise from people committing the post hoc fallacy. Consider, for example, a sportsman who adopts a pre-match ritual because one time he did something before a game he got a good result. The reasoning here is presumably that on the first occasion the activity preceded the success, so the activity must have contributed to the success, so repeating the activity is likely to lead to a recurrence of the success. This is a classic example of the post hoc fallacy in action.

Answer 14

no fogrt the original part i just need a one or 2 sentance example

Answer 15

and a reason why it is a example of it.... im litteraly so stressed over this question @vera_ewing @texaschic101