Representamen
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /ˌɹɛp.ɹə.zɛnˈteɪ.mən/ · Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Representamen is a noun meaning (semiotics) A representation; a thing serving to represent something.
Meaning
(semiotics) A representation; a thing serving to represent something.
Example Sentences
A sign, or representamen, is something which stands to somebody for something in some respect or capacity.
The Leibnitzio-Wolfians distinguish three acts in the process of representative cognition: — 1° the act of representing a (mediate) object to the mind; 2° the representation, or, to speak more properly, representamen, itself as an (immediate or vicarious) object exhibited to the mind; 3° the act by which the mind is conscious, immediately of the representative object, and, through it, mediately of the remote object represented.
Word Forms
- representamens
- representamina
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include representation, representing, representance, representment, depiction, portrayal.
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