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category mistake
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category mistake
n
(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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They also fail to distinguish, understand or to be extremely clear and precise about at exactly what level (macro or micro) and for what model components the various scalar characteristics they are talking about are the characteristics they claim rather than conceptual errors and category mistakes they are making, otherwise they might clearly understand how ordinal item response formats can and usually do produce scales that are empirically interval level scales.
Culturally loaded terms and concepts exacerbate category mistakes.
If Penone constituted a lapse in aesthetic judgment, other entries were category mistakes.
 
 
 
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