category mistake
nounEtymology
Popularized by philosopher Gilbert Ryle in The Concept of Mind (1949), where it is applied to the notion of a ghost in the machine.
Definitions
A semantic or ontological error by which a property (or category) is ascribed to a thing…
A semantic or ontological error by which a property (or category) is ascribed to a thing that could not possibly have that property.
The neighborhood
Vish — recursive loop
No curated loop yet for category mistake. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.
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