What Latin phrase is used to describe a logical fallacy where one assumes that because one event follows another, the first event caused the second?
Post hoc, ergo propter hoc
Ad hoc
Carpe Diem
In vino veritas
Correct Answer :
A. Post hoc, ergo propter hoc
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For the benefit of one
For the good of all
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