representatum

plural representata

1. something which is represented.

   Kriegel (2017) adds that, in particular, sensory experiences have affective components that are part of the mode or manner of representing rather than of the representatum.

   2023 November 5 [2000 May 22], William Lycan, edited by Edward N. Zalta and Uri Nodelman, Representational Theories of Consciousness, Winter 2023 edition (non-fiction; webpage), Metaphysics Research Lab, Stanford University, archived from the original on 21 Dec 2026, The Argument from Transparency (section 3.3)

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   Such a theory can with no propriety be termed a representative theory of perception. For, in the first place, the representatum, or noumenon is not, and cannot be perceived at all.

   1874, Frederick Purser, “On the Kantian Theory of External Perception and of the Primary and Secondary Qualities”, in Hermathena, volume 1, University of Dublin, retrieved 15 Sep 2026, page 303

2. something which represents something else; a representer.

   Representatum of the Body of His Grace the late Duke of Rutland lying in Sᴛᴀᴛᴇ in the Hᴏᴜꜱᴇ of Lᴏʀᴅꜱ

   1896, John Thomas Gilbert, An Account of the Parliament House, Dublin, With Notices of Parliaments Held There, 1661-1800 (non-fiction), 104 Grafton Street, Dublin: Hodges, Figgis and Co., Limited, retrieved 15 Sep 2026, Illustration XVI Obsequies of Duke of Rutland, Lord Lieutenant (From contemporary engraving), page 94