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
Examples of 'category mistake' in a sentence
category mistake
Both are engaged in a category mistake.
The Times Literary Supplement (2016)
It is making a category mistake by supporting the status quo.
Times, Sunday Times (2011)
To treat constitutional reform as ordinary parliamentary business is a category mistake.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
But, with respect, these riddlers are making a category mistake.
Times, Sunday Times (2006)
The first claim is a category mistake, the second is false.
The Times Literary Supplement (2010)
But he too makes a category mistake, as he puts it.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
His first premiss, however, involves a category mistake.
The Times Literary Supplement (2012)
At the grandest level, sociologists are wising up to having made ' a category mistake'.
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
Words like 'courage' and 'bravery' are misplaced; they emerge from a category mistake.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
It would be a category mistake to view them as 'inner' activities.