category mistake

劍橋詞典

a mistake in which something is said or believed to be in one category (= group ) when in fact it belongs to another
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）
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。

a mistake in which something is said to have a particular quality , or be able to do a particular thing, that only members of another category (= group ) of things can have or do
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）
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。 返回 category mistake