category mistake
基本解釋
- 范疇錯(cuò)誤(認(rèn)為某一事物屬于某一范疇,實(shí)屬另一范疇), 范疇錯(cuò)誤(認(rèn)為某一事物具有某些特質(zhì)或可做出某些行為,實(shí)際上這些特質(zhì)和行為屬于另一范疇的事物)。
英漢例句
- To treat atheism as a belief system alongside varieties of religious belief is simply a category mistake. 把無(wú)神論視為一種信仰,等同于各種宗教,是一種范疇錯(cuò)誤。
- It is a category mistake to talk about a research programme as being falsified, because only theories can be falsified - research programmes can at most be discredited. 如果認(rèn)為研究項(xiàng)目可以被證明是虛假的,這就犯了一種范疇錯(cuò)誤,因?yàn)橹挥欣碚摽赡苁翘摷俚?,研究?xiàng)目只能被推翻其可信度。
noun [ C ]
英英字典
- a mistake in which something is said or believed to be in one category (= group) when in fact it belongs to another