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Representation, philosophy: representations are adopted internal conditions, such as visual imaginations or linguistic completions, which set in as associations or are possibly developed by reconstruction. In a wider sense, sentences, words, and symbols are representations within a character system. See also truth maker, idea, sentences, propositions, intensions, correspondence, speech act theory.
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Annotation: The above characterizations of concepts are neither definitions nor exhausting presentations of problems related to them. Instead, they are intended to give a short introduction to the contributions below. – Lexicon of Arguments.

 
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Christopher Peacocke on Representation - Dictionary of Arguments

I 7
Representation/Content/Peacocke: representational content is the way how the experience presents the world as being.
>Representational content
, >Content.
On the other hand:
Informational content: contains the proposition that a bundle of light rays meets the eye.
>Propositional content.
Representational content: has nothing to do with this.
Representational content: is opaque (because of the individual mode of presentation).
>Opacity, >Propositions.
Informational content: is transparent (for the causal explanation).
>Causal explanation, >Causation.
I 9
Representational content always seems to contain indexicals like 'here', 'I'.
>Index Words, >Indexicality.
I 20
Perception/overdetermined/overdetermination/Peacocke: E.g. the angle could be changed without changing the representational content.
>Overdetermination.
Such problems arise when one tries to construct a sensation-like property (e.g. size) as a representational property.
>Properties, >Qualities, >Perception.

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Explanation of symbols: Roman numerals indicate the source, arabic numerals indicate the page number. The corresponding books are indicated on the right hand side. ((s)…): Comment by the sender of the contribution. Translations: Dictionary of Arguments
The note [Concept/Author], [Author1]Vs[Author2] or [Author]Vs[term] resp. "problem:"/"solution:", "old:"/"new:" and "thesis:" is an addition from the Dictionary of Arguments. If a German edition is specified, the page numbers refer to this edition.

Peacocke I
Chr. R. Peacocke
Sense and Content Oxford 1983

Peacocke II
Christopher Peacocke
"Truth Definitions and Actual Languges"
In
Truth and Meaning, G. Evans/J. McDowell, Oxford 1976


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