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category mistake

(Philosophy / Logic) Philosophy Logic a sentence that says of something in one category what can only intelligibly be said of something in another, as when speaking of the mind located in space

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category			The language, qualifiers, contexts and precisions of expression used are, therefore, not trivial or mere semantics, as demonstrated in detail in this and the preceding paragraphs, but they are key, and key to appropriate understanding, conceptualization and communication, and to the avoidance of various Rylelike category mistake and classification errors and their associated misconceptions and misunderstandings. Ten common misunderstandings, misconceptions, persistent myths and ... by Carifio, James; Perla, Rocco J. / Journal of Social Sciences Kleschev seems to equate `Republican' with `conservative' - another category mistake. Critic missed the point on diversity debate by The Register-Guard (Eugene, OR) However, in the realms of the horrific Rimanelli has made a basic category mistake exemplified by the fundamental difference between Goya's "Caprichos," which are grotesque, and his "Disasters of War," which are not. Grotesqueries by Artforum International			catechumenism Catechumenist categorem Categorematic categoreme categorial categorial grammar categoric categorical categorical imperative categorically Categoricalness categories of data categorisation categorise categorised Categorist categorization categorize categorized category Category A Category D category killer category management category mistake Catel Catelectrode Catelectrotonic Catelectrotonus catena catenaccio catenane catenary catenate Catenation catenoid catenulate cater cater for cater-corner cater-cornered cater-cousin cateran catercorner caterer Cateress catering catering trade Caterpillar Caterpillar catcher			Category B Drug Category B Drug Category C Category C Category C Biological Agent Category C Diseases Category C Diseases Category C Drug Category C Drug Category Class Diagram Category Code Directory Category Code Document Category Code Number Category Control Number Category Cued Recall Category D Category D Drug Category Development Index Category error Category for Merging Category for Renaming Category Identifier Category killer Category killer Category killers Category killers category level Category management Category management Category Management - Marketing category mistake category mistakes Category Of Distribution Category of Employees Category of the impossible Category of the impossible Category one special nuclear material Category Telegram Category Theory and Computer Science Category three special nuclear material Category two special nuclear material Category UTP Cable Category V category X drug Category, Type, Item Category-Agent-Reason Category-Based Analysis of Videotapes Category-Partition Method Category-Partition Testing Category-Specific Visual Agnosia CATEI Catel Catelectrode Catelectrotonic Catelectrotonus Catelectrotonus CATEMA

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