category mistake

短语

词形变化

category mistakes 复数

别名

category-mistake

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A semantic or ontological error by which a property (or category) is ascribed to a thing that could not possibly have that property.

词源

Popularized by philosopher Gilbert Ryle in The Concept of Mind (1949), where it is applied to the notion of a ghost in the machine.

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