Singer disagreed with James's answer to the automatic sweetheart question. Singer argued that the concept of mind was an example of the fallacy of reification, what Ryle called a "category mistake". Which of the following is an example?

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The fallacy of reification involves treating an abstract concept as if it were a concrete entity. All the given examples (A, B, C) illustrate this fallacy by adding an abstract quality (heat, life, soul) to a physical object (rock, body, human body) to create a new state or entity, which aligns with the concept of a "category mistake" as described by Ryle.

Singer Disagreed with James's Answer to the Automatic Sweetheart Question