category mistake

剑桥词典

a mistake in which something is said or believed to be in one category (= group ) when in fact it belongs to another
范畴错误（认为某一事物属于某一范畴，实属另一范畴）
To treat atheism as a belief system alongside varieties of religious belief is simply a category mistake . 把无神论视为一种信仰，等同于各种宗教，是一种范畴错误。

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
范畴错误（认为某一事物具有某些特质或可做出某些行为，实际上这些特质和行为属于另一范畴的事物）
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 . 如果认为研究项目可以被证明是虚假的，这就犯了一种范畴错误，因为只有理论可能是虚假的，研究项目只能被推翻其可信度。 返回 category mistake