conceptual confusion
collocation in Englishmeaningsofconceptualandconfusion
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conceptual
adjective
uk/kənˈsep.tʃu.əl/us/kənˈsep.tʃu.əl/
based on ideas ...
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confusion
noun
uk/kənˈfjuː.ʒən/us/kənˈfjuː.ʒən/
a situation in which people do not understand what is happening, what they should do or who someone or ...
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(Definition ofconceptualandconfusionfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
Examplesofconceptual confusion
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This has producedconceptualconfusionthat has contributed to a lack of structural rigor in the field of study.
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Similarly, we can grant that something is excellent or intrinsically admirable and coherently question or deny that it would enhance someone's welfare withoutconceptualconfusion.
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To think otherwise is to be subject toconceptualconfusion.
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It has to be said that its claim ' to clear away someconceptualconfusion' (p. 1) is not realised.
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Some of these interventions, however, were characterised by initialconceptualconfusionand a less than wholehearted implementation by government departments and other public bodies.
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In this book too there seems to be someconceptualconfusion.
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As a result, both scientific and epistemic rational theology are expressions ofconceptualconfusionand should be abandoned.
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The first phase of implementation was characterised byconceptualconfusionconcerning the objectives of the policy.
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In fact, this type ofconceptualconfusionis a general characteristic of the first part of the book.
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Of course, not everyconceptualconfusionneed occasion widespread hand-wringing.
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Perhaps the answer is that competition law works - but theconceptualconfusionunderlying it adds to the costs of enforcement and hampers the achievement of the policy objectives underlying it.
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In addition to these problems ofconceptualconfusionwhich decrease diagnostic reliability, concerns can be raised about the implications of the excessiveness criterion for diagnostic validity.
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Human psychosomatic research is a potentially fascinating field which has become almost boring because ofconceptualconfusionand methodological sterility.
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Similarly, we can imagine two people agreeing that something instantiates any non-normative features we like but coherently disagreeing about whether it is welfareenhancing without either betraying anyconceptualconfusion.
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It comes from a simpleconceptualconfusion, the confusion of not realising the difference between a problem and a puzzle.
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We also believe that the concept of civic citizenship does not add anything of value but, rather, contributes toconceptualconfusion.
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Now, with the enhanced tariff, there remainsconceptualconfusionover how we are proceeding.
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The incisive analysis of the aforementioned paper at once clarifies the entireconceptualconfusion.
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Some philosophers argue that this is because there is an underlyingconceptualconfusion.
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