representationalist

noun

A subscriber to the philosophy of representationalism.

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Meanings

nounrepresentationalist (plural representationalists)

plural representationalists

  1. human sciencesA subscriber to the philosophy of representationalism.

    It seems plausible that the disagreement between the competing representationalist theories traces back to an underlying disagreement about the nature of mental representation.

    2008 August 27, Mikkel Gerken, “Is There a Simple Argument for Higher-Order Representation Theories of Awareness Consciousness?”, in Erkenntnis, volume 69, number 2, →DOI
  2. artAn artist who aims to produces realistic depictions.

Origin

From representational + -ist.

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