mistake the map for the territory
"Mistake the map for the territory" refers to the cognitive error of confusing a representation or abstraction of reality, such as a map, with the actual reality it represents.
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Related Concepts (20)
- cognitive psychology
- conceptual mapping
- constructivist theories
- epistemology
- language and thought
- linguistics
- perception
- phenomenology
- philosophy of language
- postmodernism
- pragmatism
- reality vs. representation
- representation theory
- semiotics
- signs and meaning
- simulacra and simulation
- social constructionism
- symbolic interactionism
- symbolic representation
- truth and falsehood
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- factual misunderstandings
- historical misinterpretations
- incorrect assumptions
- iterated maps
- misattribution of memory
- misconceptions
- misdirection
- misinterpretation
- misinterpretation of data
- misinterpretation of historical events
- misjudgment
- misperception
- mistaken cause
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