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Category Error

Category Error is a logical fallacy in which a concept is incorrectly assigned to a category or classification due to a fundamental mismatch between the nature of the concept and the defining criteria of the category, resulting in a misapplication of type-specific predicates or assumptions.

36

Publications

1.6K

Citations

50

Authors

26

Institutions

Publications per year

2017–2026

7

Variants

Category Mistake

Parents

Publications

36

Seven Pernicious Kingdoms: A Taxonomy of Software Security Errors

K. Tsipenyuk, B. Chess, Gary McGraw · IEEE Security & Privacy · 2005 · 208 citations

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Student retention in distance education: are we failing our students?

Ormond Simpson · Open Learning The Journal of Open Distance and e-Learning · 2013 · 175 citations

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Class inclusion, the conjunction fallacy, and other cognitive illusions

Valerie F. Reyna · Developmental Review · 1991 · 116 citations

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Story grammars versus story points

Robert Wilensky · Behavioral and Brain Sciences · 1983 · 99 citations

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Partners of Humans: A Realistic Assessment of the Role of Robots in the Foreseeable Future

Igor Aleksander · Journal of Information Technology · 2017 · 96 citations

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Authors

50

  1. OM
    Ofra Magidor

    University of Oxford, United Kingdom

    3 publications · 81 citations

    3

    h-index

  2. MM
    Margaret Merrill

    Utah State University, United States

    1 publications · 31 citations

    1

    h-index

  3. GR
    Gurmal Rattan

    Indiana University of Pennsylvania, United States

    1 publications · 10 citations

    1

    h-index

  4. JD
    J.M. Daly

    University of Nebraska–Lincoln, United States

    1 publications · 39 citations

    1

    h-index

  5. DG
    Demetrios G. Halkias

    University of South Florida, United States

    1 publications · 39 citations

    1

    h-index

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Institutions

26

  1. University of Oxford

    Oxford, United Kingdom

    3 h-index

    3 publications

    81 citations

  2. University of Warwick

    Coventry, United Kingdom

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    102 citations

  3. University of Arizona

    Tucson, United States

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    129 citations

  4. University of Bristol

    Bristol, United Kingdom

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    40 citations

  5. University of Wollongong

    Wollongong, Australia

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    21 citations

  6. Indiana University of Pennsylvania

    Indiana, United States

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    10 citations

  7. University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School

    Worcester, United States

    1 h-index

    7 publications

    273 citations

  8. Princeton University

    Princeton, United States

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    12 citations

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Venues

  1. The Lancet

    1 publications · 40 citations

    1

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  2. Archives of Clinical Neuropsychology

    1 publications · 10 citations

    1

    h-index

  3. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology

    1 publications · 40 citations

    1

    h-index

  4. Linguistics and Philosophy

    1 publications · 41 citations

    1

    h-index

  5. Philosophical Perspectives

    1 publications · 12 citations

    1

    h-index

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