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[cepter_doom]

Hello. Just wondering: two logical fallacies commonly go by their Latin names, post hoc ergo propter hoc and cum hoc ergo propter hoc. If I wanted, in Latin, to correct someone who committed these fallacies, what would I say? I was thinking that I'd just replace "ergo" with "non" or maybe "sed non"; does that seem right?

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[ioanna_ioannina]

"Sed non" is better than simple "non".
Etiamsi post hoc, tamen non propter hoc. = Even if after this, still not because of this. (The same for "cum hoc".)

[cepter_doom]

Excellent. Thanks very much.

[sambeth]

I have actually heard 'post hoc sed non proper hoc' used. Of course, the person teaching me may not have been correct.

[cepter_doom]

Cool. Thanks.