Representations

In cognitive psychology a representation is a hypothetical 'internal' 'cognitive' symbol that represents external reality. Representationalism (also known as indirect realism) is the view that representations are the main way we access external reality.

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See also: Representations, Cognitive psychology, Indirect realism, Knowledge representation, Psychology, Representationalism, Symbol