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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 go
a misconception resulting from incorrect reasoning

logical fallacy
a fallacy in logical argumentation

noun.cognition

4 Subcategories

hysteron proteron go
the logical fallacy of using as a true premise a proposition that is yet to be proved
ignoratio elenchi go
the logical fallacy of supposing that an argument proving an irrelevant point has proved the point at issue
petitio principii, petitio go
the logical fallacy of assuming the conclusion in the premises
post hoc, post hoc ergo propter hoc go
the logical fallacy of believing that temporal succession implies a causal relation