Associations to the word «Representationalism»

Wiktionary

REPRESENTATIONALISM, noun. (philosophy) The belief that the conscious perception of the world is actually an internal replica of the world of the mind of the beholder.
REPRESENTATIONALISM, noun. (arts) Realistic representation of the world in art.

Wise words

We should have a great fewer disputes in the world if words were taken for what they are, the signs of our ideas only, and not for things themselves.
John Locke