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What is Representationalism? Representationalism is the philosophical position that the world we see in conscious experience is not the real world itself, but merely a miniature virtual-reality replica of that […]
What is Representationalism? Representationalism is the philosophical position that the world we see in conscious experience is not the real world itself, but merely a miniature virtual-reality replica of that […]
In effect, within Husserlian thought we are presented with an elaborate reformulation of earlier representationalist models of perception and cognition. The sense datum theories of mental life, postulating transcendent “objects” […]
In a significant point of agreement with Husserl, and Heidegger as well, Searle rejects the idea that the object of an intentional state is a mental representation. Since what is […]
To begin with, phenomenology can be contrasted with two other positions, notably representationalism and naturalism. While indirect experiencing via indications, depictions, and linguistic expressions is recognized in phenomenology, representationalism is […]