ad hoc

(adverb)

For a particular purpose.

Related Terms

Examples of ad hoc in the following topics:

  • Rational Action in Specific Contexts

    • Since the examples given above, in discussing the basic expression, were all drawn from the realm of ad hoc or retail decision-making, no specific discussion of

  • The Act of Creating a Rule: Principled Decisions

    • When there is a rule R that has thus been arrived at, by evaluating the benefits and side effects that observing it is expected to produce, action A in a specific case is not determined by considering goals and side effects as it is in the case of ad hoc action.
    • The differences between the action A which results from an ad hoc decision, $A \rightarrow X+Y$ , and from a rule $R-->A$ , etc., are by no means minimal.

  • The Gorgon's Head

    • Ille igitur tergum vertit, et in speculum ínspiciébat; hóc modó ad locum vénit ubi Medúsa dormiébat.
    • Ille autem dum fugit, galeam magicam induit; et ubi hóc fécit, statim é cónspectú eárum évásit.

  • New Concept

    • Tranquillum igitur fécit mare, et arcam ad ínsulam Seríphum perdúxit.
    • Postquam arca ad lítus appulsa est, Danaé in haréná quiétem capiébat.
    • Post breve tempus á piscátóre quódam reperta est, et ad domum régis Polydectis adducta est.
    • Danaé hóc dónum libenter accépit, et pró tantó benefició régí grátiás égit.

  • Perseus is Sent on his Travels

    • Hóc tamen cónsilium Perseó minimé grátum erat.
    • Tum iuvenem ad sé vocávit et haec díxit: "Turpe est hanc ígnávam vítam agere; iam dúdum tú aduléscéns es.

  • Jupiter Saves his Son

    • Tranquillum igitur fécit mare, et arcam ad ínsulam Seríphum perdúxit.
    • Postquam arca ad lítus appulsa est, Danaé in haréná quiétem capiébat.
    • Post breve tempus á piscátóre quódam reperta est, et ad domum régis Polydectis adducta est.
    • Danaé hóc dónum libenter accépit, et pró tantó benefició régí grátiás égit.

  • Juppiter Saves his Son

    • Tranquillum igitur fécit mare, et arcam ad ínsulam Seríphum perdúxit.
    • Postquam arca ad lítus appulsa est, Danaé in haréná quiétem capiébat.
    • Post breve tempus á piscátóre quódam reperta est, et ad domum régis Polydectis adducta est.
    • Danaé hóc dónum libenter accépit, et pró tantó benefició régí grátiás égit.

  • Polydectes is Turned into Stone

    • Postquam Perseus ad ínsulam návem appulit, sé ad locum contulit ubi máter ólim habitáverat, sed domum invénit vacuam et omnínó désertam.
    • Trís diés per tótam ínsulam mátrem quaerébat; tandem quartó dié ad templum Diánae pervénit.
    • Perseus ubi haec cógnóvit, írá mágná commótus est; ad régiam Polydectis sine morá contendit, et ubi eó vénit, statim in átrium inrúpit.
    • Dum tamen ille fugit, Perseus caput Medúsae mónstrávit; ille autem simul atque hóc vídit, in saxum versus est.

  • The Reward of Valor

    • Perseus postquam ad lítus déscendit, prímum tálária exuit; tum ad rúpem vénit ubi Andromeda vincta erat.
    • Ille libenter hóc dónum accépit et puellam dúxit.

  • Logical Fallacies

    • Making the argument personal (argumentum ad hominem): attacking or discrediting the opposition's character.
    • Popular sentiment or bandwagon appeal (argumentum ad populum): an appeal to the majority; appeal to loyalty.
    • If it comes before it is the cause (post hoc ergo propter hoc): believing that temporal succession implies a causal relation.
    • Two events co-occurring is not causation (cum hoc ergo propter hoc): believing that correlation implies a causal relation.