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entity go
that which is perceived or known or inferred to have its own distinct existence (living or nonliving)

abstraction, abstract entity go
a general concept formed by extracting common features from specific examples

psychological feature go
a feature of the mental life of a living organism

cognition, knowledge, noesis go
the psychological result of perception and learning and reasoning

content, cognitive content, mental object go
the sum or range of what has been perceived, discovered, or learned

thought, idea go
the content of cognition

misconception go
an incorrect conception

fallacy, false belief
a misconception resulting from incorrect reasoning

noun.cognition

5 Subcategories

pseudoscience go
an activity resembling science but based on fallacious assumptions
logical fallacy go
a fallacy in logical argumentation
pathetic fallacy go
the fallacy of attributing human feelings to inanimate objects
sophistication, sophism, sophistry go
a deliberately invalid argument displaying ingenuity in reasoning in the hope of deceiving someone
paralogism go
an unintentionally invalid argument