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representationalismTheory of knowledge based on the assertion that the mind perceives only mental representations of material objects outside the mind, not the objects themselves. The validity of human knowledge is thus called into question because of the need to show that such images accurately correspond to the external objects. The doctrine, still current in certain philosophical circles, has roots in Cartesianism, the empiricism of John Locke and David Hume, and the idealism of Immanuel Kant. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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The Feyerabend-Lakatos debates provide models of thinking and knowing that in some way seem to continue the interrogation of representationalism in Deleuze and Guattari, who were keen to see philosophy as being not so much about depicting what's "out there" as about creating concepts through which to activate new mappings of the world, new feelings, subjectivity, behavior, action. Representationalism in the visual arts, tonality and melody in music, grace and expressiveness of movement in dance, and the reverberating interaction of structure, rhythm, and meaning in written works all afford artists an immensely rich vocabulary for unlimited communication through the combined power--via a supremely thoughtful integrative process--of both aesthetic and metaphorical means. |
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