after the fact, n.All

The After-the-fact (n.) is ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠the logic of psychoanalysis, and it refuses the reassuring line between past and future.