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| The term is used very inconsistently in the literature and can therefore refer to a wide variety of phenomena, depending on the context. These include, amongst others: | The term is used very inconsistently in the literature and can therefore refer to a wide variety of phenomena, depending on the context. These include, amongst others: | ||
| - | * The fallacy of treating //abstract concepts// as if they referred to something concrete. This is referred to here as <strong maniculus " | + | * The fallacy of treating //abstract concepts// as if they referred to something concrete. This is referred to here as <strong maniculus " |
| * A special case of this is the confusion of a //symbol// with the object or phenomenon it symbolises. This is described here as the <strong maniculus " | * A special case of this is the confusion of a //symbol// with the object or phenomenon it symbolises. This is described here as the <strong maniculus " | ||