REPRESENTATION (Structure of)
Charles François (2004). REPRESENTATION (Structure of), International Encyclopedia of Systems and Cybernetics, 2(2): 2847.
| Collection | International Encyclopedia of Systems and Cybernetics |
|---|---|
| Year | 2004 |
| Vol. (num.) | 2(2) |
| ID | ◀ 2847 ▶ |
| Object type | Epistemology, ontology or semantics |
HEYLIGHEN states:“How distinctions are made (i.e., which distinctions out of the infinite number of potential distinctions are selected), and how they are connected, will determine the structure of a representation and, hence, its adequacy in predicting the observed behavior of the system” (1990a, p.427).
The built up of any representation is necessarily based on perceptive conditioning as well as perceptive intentionality. This is the global lesson of ethology (von sTemplate:Ency entitysLL, LORENZ and their successors) and of phenomenology of perception (von BRENTANO, von WEIZ\“ACKER}, KÖHLER, KOFFKA, MERLEAU PONTY and others).