"false conception" is a correct and usable phrase in written English.
It means a misunderstanding or incorrect belief about something. Example: He had a false conception that all cats are mean and unfriendly, but after adopting a friendly kitten, he realized his belief was wrong.
Soon after the end of World War II, as part of Japan's surrender, Hirohito renounced what he called the "the false conception that the emperor is divine".
Such a false conception is what Ryle calls a "category mistake".
The implications are that most of us in Liberal-Democracies have a radically false conception of the nature of education/learning and that false conception has been peddled by a breed of psychologists since the early 60s.. Why are they making a joke of this?
Both of these conceptions of political justice are mistaken in Aristotle's view, because they assume a false conception of the ultimate end of the city-state.
According to Wittgenstein, classical analysis rested upon a false conception of language and of thought....... for an analyst of this sort, philosophical problems do not result from ignorance of the precise meaning of a concept, but from an entirely false conception of its function..
Marx objected that these alleged rights derive from a false conception of the human individual as unrelated to others, as having interests can be defined without reference to others, and as always potentially in conflict with others.
The reason for this failure in accurate risk assessment is that people have false conceptions of individual dangers and what is and what is not in their power.
Barry Blitt's cover, which aims to lampoon or satirize false conceptions of the Obamas, is, to put it mildly, inartful a word being used these days to describe poorly expressed attempts at positive commentary ("The Politics of Fear," July 21st).
These idols are based on false conceptions which are derived from public human communication.
What is wrong with existentialism and the SSSM is that they both rely on false conceptions of human nature.
Rising numbers of HIV-positive senior citizens have been attributed to not only false conceptions surrounding sexual inactivity among senior citizens, but also to the lack of sex education among the elderly.
