notion of representation

collocation in English

meaningsofnotionandrepresentation

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notion
noun[C or U]
uk
/ˈnəʊ.ʃən/us
/ˈnoʊ.ʃən/
a belief ...
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representation
noun
uk
/ˌrep.rɪ.zenˈteɪ.ʃən/us
/ˌrep.rɪ.zenˈteɪ.ʃən/
a person or organization that speaks, acts, or is present officially for ...
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(Definition ofnotionandrepresentationfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Nonetheless, a singlenotionofrepresentation, common to both attitudes, will suffice.
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Admittedly, limiting thenotionofrepresentationto symbolic contents would achieve our objective of excluding the transformations occurring in the early sensory systems.
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And it goes without saying that thenotionofrepresentationis both normatively loaded and in need of serious unpacking.
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However, it may be useful to exclude one particular understanding of thenotionofrepresentationand computation.
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However, the reader should be cautious before abandoning allnotionofrepresentationand should first consider some of the implications of this model and other possible accounts.
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Cartwright dismisses thenotionofrepresentationas 'picturing' and suggests that models 'resemble the situation they represent' (p. 262).
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Jacobs et al. obviously dislike the latter and find ecological psychology to be inconsistent with thenotionofrepresentation.
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The other issue we have to discuss is to what extent thenotionofrepresentationhere is enhanced by the ceremonial.
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It is between thenotionofrepresentationand what is advocated by the universities.
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Particular attention is being paid to thenotionofrepresentationand its role in elaborating transnational forms of democracy.
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A weakernotionofrepresentationis therefore desirable.
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This state of affairs is quite different from usual notions of representation for data structures.
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The impact of this is now discussed on the notions of representation and information involved in a dynamic semantics dealing with the interpretation of anaphoric relationships.
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Influenced by continental philosophy, her art draws on autobiographical notions of representation and the "unheimlich"; where the conscious intersects with the unconscious.
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