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A [[:Category:Logical Fallacy|logical fallacy]] where a concept, idea, or thing is mistakenly assigned to a category to which it does not belong.
 
For [["Stella", Humane Society of Searcy|example]],<blockquote>''We are heartbroken to share that Stella was returned this afternoon '''through no fault of her own'''.''</blockquote>This is the '''anthropomorphism''' that '''dogs can be guilty of something'''.
 
* Animals do not possess moral agency; guilt requires a conceptual understanding of right and wrong.
 
== Connection to Other Fallacies ==
 
* False Analogy: Comparing things that belong to different conceptual categories.
* [[:Category:Straw Man|Straw Man]]: Misrepresenting an opponent's argument by placing it in a different conceptual category.
 
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