Hypostatization

-Well, how do they start a war?

-Well, one country offends another.

-How could one country offend another? You mean, there's a mountain over in germany gets mad at a field over in France?

All Quiet On The Western Front[1]

• Ludwig von Mises, The Ultimate Foundation of Economic Science, « The Pitfalls of Hypostatization »

• Hypostatization fallacy