representationismn.
/ˌrɛprᵻz(ɛ)nˈteɪʃn̩ɪz(ə)m/, /ˌrɛprᵻz(ɛ)nˈteɪʃənɪz(ə)m/, U.S. /ˌrɛprəˌzɛnˈteɪʃəˌnɪz(ə)m/, /ˌrɛprəzənˈteɪʃəˌnɪz(ə)m/ Metaphysics and Psychology.
= representationalism n. 1.
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1842 W. Hamilton Diss. in T. Reid Wks. II. 817/2 If the immediate, known, or representative, object be regarded as a modification of the mind or self, we have one variety of representationism.
1847 Blackwood's Mag. 62 243 Representationism declares, that the perception is the proximate and that the matter is the remote object of the mind.
1885 A. Seth Sc. Philos. 145 The Representationism of the present day has its roots almost entirely in the Kantian theory.
1963 Philos. Q. 13 275 The main grounds eventually adduced in support of representationism are forms of the argument from illusion.
2006 S. Shoemaker in J. Thomson & A. Byrne Content & Modality ii. 24 I distinguish standard representationism, which holds that the phenomenal character of experiences is determined by what objective properties..they represent, and a version of representationism which says that the phenomenal character of experiences is an aspect of their representational character that is in a certain way more subjective.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2009; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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