What does misinvoke mean?
Misinvoke means To invoke (any sense) in error..
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To invoke (any sense) in error..
To rationalize their self-validating procedure, they even misinvoke Thomas Kuhn's notion of "normal science,” apparently unaware that a like misinvocation could even legitimate exorcism and other forms of sheer quackery.
However, to reduce the work of Smith and Ricardo to one argument each is to overlook the nuances in their arguments and to misinvoke them as the forefathers of a purely economic liberalism.
And if the very notion of physical time becomes problematic in fundamental physics, as urged by John Wheeler, even the temptation to misinvoke divine creation ex nihilo is altogether undercut.
Respondents brief at pp 19-22 erroneously contends that the Shapiro exclusive is supported by California law. They misinvoke that law, and not only as noted in Blank and Centano.
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Misinvoke means To invoke (any sense) in error..
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To rationalize their self-validating procedure, they even misinvoke Thomas Kuhn's notion of "normal science,” apparently unaware that a like misinvocation could even legitimate exorcism and other forms of sheer quackery.
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