representationalism

UK:^*^*UK and possibly other pronunciationsUK and possibly other pronunciations/ˌrɛprɪzɛnˈteɪʃənəˌlɪzəm/

US:USA pronunciation: respellingUSA pronunciation: respelling(rep′ri zen tā′shə nl iz′əm, -zən-)

rep•re•sen•ta•tion•al•ism (rep′ri zen tā′shə nl iz′əm, -zən-),USA pronunciation n.

PhilosophyAlso called represen′tative re′alism. [Epistemology.]the view that the objects of perception are ideas or sense data that represent external objects, esp. the Lockean doctrine that the perceived idea represents exactly the primary qualities of the external object.
Fine Artthe practice or principle of representing or depicting an object in a recognizable manner, esp. the portrayal of the surface characteristics of an object as they appear to the eye.

rep′re•sen•ta′tion•al•ist, n.
rep′re•sen•ta′tion•al•is′tic, adj.

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representationalism /ˌrɛprɪzɛnˈteɪʃənəˌlɪzəm/, representationism n

the doctrine that in perceptions of objects what is before the mind is not the object but a representation of it
Compare presentationism
the practice or advocacy of attempting to depict objects, scenes, figures, etc directly as seen

ˌrepresenˌtationalˈistic adj ˌrepresenˈtationist n , adj

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