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representationalist

representationalist noun: a subscriber to the philosophy of representationalism.

Noun

representationalist (plural representationalists)

  1. A 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. An artist who aims to produces realistic depictions.

Forms of representationalist

pluralrepresentationalists

Origin of representationalist

From representational + -ist.

Words formed from representationalist

Questions about representationalist

What does representationalist mean?
Representationalist means a subscriber to the philosophy of representationalism.
What part of speech is representationalist?
Representationalist is a noun.
What is the plural of representationalist?
The plural of representationalist is representationalists.

Words near representationalist in the dictionary

  1. representational
  2. representational state transfer
  3. representational state transfers
  4. representationalism
  5. representationalisms
  6. representationalist
  7. representationalistic
  8. representationalists
  9. representationally
  10. representationary
  11. representationism

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