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The Oxford Companion to Consciousness

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Subject Reference
Current Version:
2010
Subject:
Science and technology, Psychology, Philosophy
Length:
4,038 words

A representation is anything that is about something. Philosophers call the property of being about something *intentionality. Intentionality and

representation

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Tim Crane

The Oxford Companion to Philosophy (2 ed.)

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Subject Reference
Current Version:
2005
Subject:
Philosophy
Length:
727 words
It is a truism that a representation is anything that represents something. Thus words, sentences, thoughts, and pictures may all be considered representations, though the manner in which ... More

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