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presentationism

(ˌprɛzənˈteɪʃəˌnɪzəm)
n
(Philosophy) philosophy the theory that objects are identical with our perceptions of them. Compare representationalism
ˌpresenˈtationist n, adj
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presentationism

the theory that perception gives the mind an immediate cognition of an object. — presentationalist, presentationist, n.
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