英文单词：category mistake

中文含义：类型误解，范畴错误

英语词性：noun

美式音标： /ˈkætəɡɔri mɪsˈteɪk/

同义词：misplaced concreteness, reification

易混淆单词：conceptual confusion

双语例句：

  • Many people make the category mistake of thinking that human beings are solely rational creatures.
  • According to Ryle, the idea that mind and body are two separate substances is a category mistake.
  • The category mistake occurs when one attributes qualities that are appropriate to one level of classification to another level.
  • In philosophy, the fallacy of misplaced concreteness is similar to the category mistake.