retrospective determinism

uncountable usually

(logic) A fallacy consisting in reasoning that because something happened, it was therefore bound to happen.

Japanese Meaning

事後決定論：ある出来事が実際に発生したことから、その出来事が必然的に起こるべく定まっていたと主張する論理の誤謬。

Arguing that the company's success was inevitable after the IPO is a clear case of retrospective determinism.

IPO後にその会社の成功は必然だったと主張するのは、後知恵による必然化という誤謬の明らかな例だ。

Sense（1）

(logic) A fallacy consisting in reasoning that because something happened, it was therefore bound to happen.

retrospective determinisms

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