representationalist

Variant of representationalism

representationalism definition

rep·re·sen·ta·tion·al·ism (-s̸hə nəl iz′əm)

noun

  1. the theory or practice of representational art
  2. Philos. the theory that the mind apprehends external objects only through the medium of percepts or ideas

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