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representation

[ rep-ri-zen- tey -sh uh n , -z uh n- ]

• the act of representing.
• the state of being represented.
• the expression or designation by some term, character, symbol, or the like.
• action or speech on behalf of a person, group, business house, state, or the like by an agent, deputy, or representative.

to demand representation on a board of directors.

• Government. the state, fact, or right of being represented by delegates having a voice in legislation or government.
• the body or number of representatives, as of a constituency.
• the act of speaking or negotiating on behalf of a state.
• an utterance on behalf of a state.
• presentation to the mind, as of an idea or image.
• a mental image or idea so presented; concept.
• the act of portrayal, picturing, or other rendering in visible form.
• a picture, figure, statue, etc.
• the production or a performance of a play or the like, as on the stage.
• Often representations. a description or statement, as of things true or alleged.
• a statement of facts, reasons, etc., made in appealing or protesting; a protest or remonstrance.

a representation of authority.

/ ˌrɛprɪzɛnˈteɪʃən /

• the act or an instance of representing or the state of being represented
• anything that represents, such as a verbal or pictorial portrait
• anything that is represented, such as an image brought clearly to mind
• the principle by which delegates act for a constituency
• a body of representatives
• contract law a statement of fact made by one party to induce another to enter into a contract
• an instance of acting for another, on his authority, in a particular capacity, such as executor or administrator
• a dramatic production or performance
• often plural a statement of facts, true or alleged, esp one set forth by way of remonstrance or expostulation

phonetic representation

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• nonrep·re·sen·tation noun
• over·repre·sen·tation noun
• prerep·re·sen·tation noun
• self-repre·sen·tation noun
• under·repre·sen·tation noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of representation 1

Example Sentences

It was a metaphorical statement of giving and withdrawing consent for a show rooted in a literal representation of Coel being assaulted.

The mathematically manipulated results are passed on and augmented through the stages, finally producing an integrated representation of a face.

I hope this list—a representation of the most consequential changes taking places in our world—is similarly useful for you.

“Given the moment we are in, I can only hope our institutions really understand what this failure of representation means to our city,” he said.

The voters don’t want to have an elected city attorney on the, and representation said, that’s fine.

With all that said, representation of each of these respective communities has increased in the new Congress.

As this excellent piece in Mother Jones describes, however, Holsey had outrageously poor representation during his trial.

During that time days, Livvix went through court hearings without legal representation.

What do you think prompted the change in comic book representation of LGBTQ characters?

Barbie is an unrealistic, unhealthy, insulting representation of female appearance.

With less intelligent children traces of this tendency to take pictorial representation for reality may appear as late as four.

As observation widens and grows finer, the first bald representation becomes fuller and more life-like.

The child now aims at constructing a particular linear representation, that of a man, a horse, or what not.

He had heard it hinted that allowing the colonies representation in Parliament would be a simple plan for making taxes legal.

But sufficient can be discerned for the grasping of the idea, which seems to be a representation of the Nativity.

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Definition of representational adjective from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

representational

• It is on pottery that representational art first appeared in ancient Greece.

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Representation, /rɛprɪzɛnˈteɪʃɪn/, /rɛprəzɛnˈteɪʃən/.

Other forms: representations

A representation acts or serves on behalf or in place of something. A lawyer provides legal representation for his client. A caricature is an exaggerated representation or likeness of a person.

Representation comes from the Latin repraesentare meaning "bring before, exhibit." A representation is an exhibit, whether it comes in the form of legal guidance or in the form of artistic expression. The act of representation has to do with replacing or acting on behalf of an original. Elected officials serve as the representation for their constituency — or at least it's supposed to work that way.

• noun the act of representing; standing in for someone or some group and speaking with authority in their behalf see more see less types: proportional representation representation of all parties in proportion to their popular vote type of: cooperation joint operation or action
• noun a presentation to the mind in the form of an idea or image synonyms: internal representation , mental representation see more see less types: show 44 types... hide 44 types... convergence , intersection , overlap a representation of common ground between theories or phenomena instantiation a representation of an idea in the form of an instance of it antitype a person or thing represented or foreshadowed by a type or symbol; especially a figure in the Old Testament having a counterpart in the New Testament stereotype a conventional or formulaic conception or image schema , scheme an internal representation of the world; an organization of concepts and actions that can be revised by new information about the world image , mental image an iconic mental representation interpretation , reading , version a mental representation of the meaning or significance of something phantasmagoria a constantly changing medley of real or imagined images (as in a dream) psychosexuality the mental representation of sexual activities percept , perception , perceptual experience the representation of what is perceived; basic component in the formation of a concept memory something that is remembered example , model a representative form or pattern appearance a mental representation blur , fuzz a hazy or indistinct representation abstractionism , unrealism a representation having no reference to concrete objects or specific examples concrete representation , concretism a representation of an abstract idea in concrete terms reminiscence a mental impression retained and recalled from the past crossroads a point where a choice must be made interface the overlap where two theories or phenomena affect each other or have links with each other imagination image , thought-image a mental image produced by the imagination reinterpretation a new or different meaning figure a unitary percept having structure and coherence that is the object of attention and that stands out against a ground ground a relatively homogeneous percept extending back of the figure on which attention is focused visual image , visual percept a percept that arises from the eyes; an image in the visual system recollection something recalled to the mind engram , memory trace a postulated biochemical change (presumably in neural tissue) that represents a memory confabulation (psychiatry) a plausible but imagined memory that fills in gaps in what is remembered screen memory an imagined memory of a childhood experience; hides another memory of distressing significance memory image a mental image of something previously experienced visual image , visualisation , visualization a mental image that is similar to a visual perception impression , mental picture , picture a clear and telling mental image auditory image a mental image that is similar to an auditory perception loadstar , lodestar something that serves as a model or guide epitome , image , paradigm , prototype a standard or typical example holotype , type specimen the original specimen from which the description of a new species is made microcosm a miniature model of something archetype , original , pilot something that serves as a model or a basis for making copies guide , template , templet a model or standard for making comparisons prefiguration an example that prefigures or foreshadows what is to come illusion , semblance an erroneous mental representation 3-D , 3D , three-D having a three-dimensional form or appearance front the outward appearance of a person embodiment , shape a concrete representation of an otherwise nebulous concept anagoge a mystical or allegorical interpretation (especially of Scripture) type of: cognitive content , content , mental object the sum or range of what has been perceived, discovered, or learned
• noun an activity that stands as an equivalent of something or results in an equivalent see more see less types: show 14 types... hide 14 types... model , modeling , modelling the act of representing something (usually on a smaller scale) dramatisation , dramatization a dramatic representation pageant , pageantry an elaborate representation of scenes from history, etc.; usually involves a parade with rich costumes figuration representing figuratively as by emblem or allegory diagramming , schematisation , schematization providing a chart or outline of a system pictorial representation , picturing visual representation as by photography or painting typification the act of representing by a type or symbol; the action of typifying simulation the act of imitating the behavior of some situation or some process by means of something suitably analogous (especially for the purpose of study or personnel training) guerrilla theater , street theater dramatization of a social issue; enacted outside in a park or on the street puppetry a stilted dramatic performance (as if by puppets) symbolising , symbolizing the act of representing something with a symbol delineation , depiction , portrayal representation by drawing or painting etc imaging , tomography (medicine) obtaining pictures of the interior of the body photography , picture taking the act of taking and printing photographs type of: activity any specific behavior
• noun a creation that is a visual or tangible rendering of someone or something see more see less types: show 120 types... hide 120 types... adumbration a sketchy or imperfect or faint representation audiogram a graphical representation of a person's auditory sensitivity to sound copy a thing made to be similar or identical to another thing cosmography a representation of the earth or the heavens creche a representation of Christ's nativity in the stable at Bethlehem cutaway , cutaway drawing , cutaway model a representation (drawing or model) of something in which the outside is omitted to reveal the inner parts display , presentation a visual representation of something document anything serving as a representation of a person's thinking by means of symbolic marks drawing a representation of forms or objects on a surface by means of lines ecce homo a representation (a picture or sculpture) of Jesus wearing a crown of thorns effigy , image , simulacrum a representation of a person (especially in the form of sculpture) illustration a visual representation (a picture or diagram) that is used make some subject more pleasing or easier to understand map a diagrammatic representation of the earth's surface (or part of it) model , simulation a representation of something (sometimes on a smaller scale) nomogram , nomograph a graphic representation of numerical relations objectification a concrete representation of an abstract idea or principle exposure , photo , photograph , pic , picture a representation of a person or scene in the form of a print or transparent slide; recorded by a camera on light-sensitive material icon , ikon , image , picture a visual representation (of an object or scene or person or abstraction) produced on a surface pieta a representation of the Virgin Mary mourning over the dead body of Jesus projection the representation of a figure or solid on a plane as it would look from a particular direction rubbing representation consisting of a copy (as of an engraving) made by laying paper over something and rubbing it with charcoal shade a representation of the effect of shadows in a picture or drawing (as by shading or darker pigment) set , stage set representation consisting of the scenery and other properties used to identify the location of a dramatic production Station of the Cross a representation of any of the 14 stages in Christ's journey to Calvary avatar an electronic image representing a computer user anamorphism , anamorphosis a distorted projection or perspective; especially an image distorted in such a way that it becomes visible only when viewed in a special manner beefcake a photograph of a muscular man in minimal attire bitmap , electronic image an image represented as a two dimensional array of brightness values for pixels black and white , monochrome a black-and-white photograph or slide blueprint photographic print of plans or technical drawings etc. carbon , carbon copy a copy made with carbon paper cast , casting object formed by a mold charcoal a drawing made with a stick of black carbon material chart a map designed to assist navigation by air or sea cheesecake a photograph of an attractive woman in minimal attire chiaroscuro a monochrome picture made by using several different shades of the same color choropleth map a map that uses graded differences in shading or color or the placing of symbols inside defined areas on the map in order to indicate the average values of some property or quantity in those areas closeup a photograph or video taken at close range collage , montage a paste-up made by sticking together pieces of paper or photographs to form an artistic image contour map , relief map a map having contour lines through points of equal elevation daguerreotype a photograph made by an early photographic process; the image was produced on a silver plate sensitized to iodine and developed in mercury vapor delineation , depiction , limning , line drawing a drawing of the outlines of forms or objects diagram a drawing intended to explain how something works; a drawing showing the relation between the parts duplicate , duplication a copy that corresponds to an original exactly blowup , enlargement , magnification a photographic print that has been enlarged autotype , facsimile an exact copy or reproduction figure a model of a bodily form (especially of a person) float an elaborate display mounted on a platform carried by a truck (or pulled by a truck) in a procession or parade foil , transparency picture consisting of a positive photograph or drawing on a transparent base; viewed with a projector frame a single one of a series of still transparent pictures forming a cinema, television or video film globe a sphere on which a map (especially of the earth) is represented glossy a photograph that is printed on smooth shiny paper computer graphic , graphic an image that is generated by a computer Guy an effigy of Guy Fawkes that is burned on a bonfire on Guy Fawkes Day headshot a photograph of a person's head hologram , holograph the intermediate photograph (or photographic record) that contains information for reproducing a three-dimensional image by holography iconography the images and symbolic representations that are traditionally associated with a person or a subject god , graven image , idol a material effigy that is worshipped imitation something copied or derived from an original inset a small picture inserted within the bounds or a larger one clone , knockoff an unauthorized copy or imitation likeness , semblance picture consisting of a graphic image of a person or thing longshot a photograph taken from a distance map projection a projection of the globe onto a flat map using a grid of lines of latitude and longitude mechanical drawing scale drawing of a machine or architectural plan etc, microdot photograph reduced to the size of a dot (usually for purposes of security) miniature , toy a copy that reproduces a person or thing in greatly reduced size mock-up full-scale working model of something built for study or testing or display modification slightly modified copy; not an exact copy arial mosaic , mosaic , photomosaic arrangement of aerial photographs forming a composite picture mug shot , mugshot a photograph of someone's face (especially one made for police records) cyclorama , diorama , panorama a picture (or series of pictures) representing a continuous scene pen-and-ink a drawing executed with pen and ink photocopy a photographic copy of written or printed or graphic work photographic print , print a printed picture produced from a photographic negative photomicrograph a photograph taken with the help of a microscope architectural plan , plan scale drawing of a structure planetarium an apparatus or model for representing the solar systems plat a map showing planned or actual features of an area (streets and building lots etc.) plate a full-page illustration (usually on slick paper) print a copy of a movie on film (especially a particular version of it) quadruplicate any four copies; any of four things that correspond to one another exactly radiogram , radiograph , shadowgraph , skiagram , skiagraph a photographic image produced on a radiosensitive surface by radiation other than visible light (especially by X-rays or gamma rays) restoration a model that represents the landscape of a former geological age or that represents and extinct animal etc. reflection , reflexion the image of something as reflected by a mirror (or other reflective material) rendering perspective drawing of an architect's design replica , replication , reproduction copy that is not the original; something that has been copied road map a map showing roads (for automobile travel) roughcast a rough preliminary model CAT scan , scan an image produced by scanning bird-scarer , scarecrow , scarer , straw man , strawman an effigy in the shape of a man to frighten birds away from seeds scene , scenery the painted structures of a stage set that are intended to suggest a particular locale doodle , scrabble , scribble an aimless drawing silhouette a drawing of the outline of an object; filled in with some uniform color silverpoint a drawing made on specially prepared paper with an instrument having a silver tip (15th and 16th centuries) sketch , study preliminary drawing for later elaboration sketch map a map drawn from observation (rather than from exact measurements) and representing the main features of an area shot , snap , snapshot an informal photograph; usually made with a small hand-held camera Snellen chart display consisting of a printed card with letters and numbers in lines of decreasing size; used to test visual acuity echogram , sonogram an image of a structure that is produced by ultrasonography (reflections of high-frequency sound waves); used to observe fetal growth or to study bodily organs spectacle an elaborate and remarkable display on a lavish scale spectrogram , spectrograph a photographic record of a spectrum stereo , stereoscopic photograph , stereoscopic picture two photographs taken from slightly different angles that appear three-dimensional when viewed together stick figure drawing of a human or animal that represents the head by a circle and the rest of the body by straight lines still a static photograph (especially one taken from a movie and used for advertising purposes) telephoto , telephotograph a photograph made with a telephoto lens telephotograph a photograph transmitted and reproduced over a distance time exposure a photograph produced with a relatively long exposure time trace , tracing a drawing created by superimposing a semitransparent sheet of paper on the original image and copying on it the lines of the original image triplicate one of three copies; any of three things that correspond to one another exactly vignette a photograph whose edges shade off gradually wax figure , waxwork an effigy (usually of a famous person) made of wax weather chart , weather map (meteorology) a map showing the principal meteorological elements at a given time and over an extended region wedding picture photographs of bride and groom and their friends taken at their wedding xerox , xerox copy a copy made by a xerographic printer scene , shot a consecutive series of pictures that constitutes a unit of action in a film letter , missive a written message addressed to a person or organization diorama a three-dimensional representation of a scene, in miniature or life-size, with figures and objects set against a background selfie a photograph that you take of yourself, typically with a digital camera pastel a drawing made with pastel sticks type of: creation an artifact that has been brought into existence by someone
• noun a performance of a play synonyms: histrionics , theatrical , theatrical performance see more see less types: matinee a theatrical performance held during the daytime (especially in the afternoon) type of: performance , public presentation a dramatic or musical entertainment
• noun a factual statement made by one party in order to induce another party to enter into a contract “the sales contract contains several representations by the vendor” see more see less type of: statement a message that is stated or declared; a communication (oral or written) setting forth particulars or facts etc
• noun a statement of facts and reasons made in appealing or protesting “certain representations were made concerning police brutality” see more see less type of: statement a message that is stated or declared; a communication (oral or written) setting forth particulars or facts etc
• noun the state of serving as an official and authorized delegate or agent synonyms: agency , delegacy see more see less types: free agency (sports) the state of a professional athlete who is free to negotiate a contract to play for any team legal representation personal representation that has legal status virus a harmful or corrupting agency type of: state the way something is with respect to its main attributes
• noun the right of being represented by delegates who have a voice in some legislative body see more see less type of: right an abstract idea of that which is due to a person or governmental body by law or tradition or nature
• noun a body of legislators that serve in behalf of some constituency “a Congressional vacancy occurred in the representation from California” see more see less type of: body a group of persons associated by some common tie or occupation and regarded as an entity

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rep·re·sen·ta·tion·al

Rep•re•sen•ta•tion•al.

• abstract art
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Meaning of representation in English

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representation noun ( ACTING FOR )

• Defendants have a right to legal representation and must be informed of that right when they are arrested .
• The farmers demanded greater representation in parliament .
• The main opposing parties have nearly equal representation in the legislature .
• The scheme is intended to increase representation of minority groups .
• The members are chosen by a system of proportional representation.
• admissibility
• extinguishment
• extrajudicial
• extrajudicially
• pay damages
• pettifoggery
• pettifogging
• walk free idiom

representation noun ( DESCRIPTION )

• anti-realism
• anti-realist
• complementary
• confederate
• naturalistically
• non-figurative
• non-representational
• representational
• symbolization
• ultrarealism

representation noun ( INCLUDING ALL )

• all manner of something idiom
• alphabet soup
• it takes all sorts (to make a world) idiom
• non-segregated
• odds and ends
• of every stripe/of all stripes idiom
• this and that idiom
• variety is the spice of life idiom
• wide choice

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Definitions for representational ˌrɛp rɪ zɛnˈteɪ ʃə nl, -zən- rep·re·sen·ta·tion·al, this dictionary definitions page includes all the possible meanings, example usage and translations of the word representational ., princeton's wordnet rate this definition: 0.0 / 0 votes.

representational adjective

(used especially of art) depicting objects, figures,or scenes as seen

"representational art"; "representational images"

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Of or pertaining to representation or to representationalism

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Representational generally refers to a type or style of art, literature, or other creative work which depicts or aims to depict the physical or natural world accurately or realistically. It can also refer to a style of thinking or a theory in psychology that explains one's ability to form mental images or representations of things, people, or situations that are not currently present or perceived. In politics, it can refer to a system in which citizens elect individuals to act on their behalf. Thus, it may involve producing a likeness, portrayal, or reflection of something, often for the purpose of communication or symbolism.

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Chaldean Numerology

The numerical value of representational in Chaldean Numerology is: 7

Pythagorean Numerology

The numerical value of representational in Pythagorean Numerology is: 3

Examples of representational in a Sentence

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Yet even as we celebrate these gains, we know we still have a long way to go to achieve representational parity, if we want to create a truly inclusive and representative democracy, then we must invest in these communities to increase New American civic engagement and take a hard look at how our electoral and political systems still favor the white and wealthy.

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• تمثيلية Arabic
• repräsentativ German
• reprezenta Esperanto

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• archetypical
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What does the noun representation mean?

There are 19 meanings listed in OED's entry for the noun representation , three of which are labelled obsolete. See ‘Meaning & use’ for definitions, usage, and quotation evidence.

representation has developed meanings and uses in subjects including

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The earliest known use of the noun representation is in the Middle English period (1150—1500).

OED's earliest evidence for representation is from around 1450, in St. Elizabeth of Spalbeck .

representation is of multiple origins. Either (i) a borrowing from French. Or (ii) a borrowing from Latin.

Etymons: French representation ; Latin repraesentātiōn- , repraesentātiō .

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• reprehensory, adj. 1576–1825
• repremiation, n. 1611
• represent, n. a1500–1635
• represent, v.¹ c1390–
• re-present, v.² 1564–
• representable, adj. & n. 1630–
• representamen, n. 1677–
• representance, n. 1565–
• representant, n. 1622–
• representant, adj. 1851–82
• representation, n.¹ c1450–
• re-presentation, n.² 1805–
• representational, adj. 1850–
• representationalism, n. 1846–
• representationalist, adj. & n. 1846–
• representationary, adj. 1856–
• representationism, n. 1842–
• representationist, n. & adj. 1842–
• representation theory, n. 1928–
• representative, adj. & n. a1475–
• representative fraction, n. 1860–

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noun as in description

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account , chart , delegation , diagram , effigy , embodiment , graph , icon , illustration , map , model , picture , protest , sample , sketch , statement , symbol

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Inference and Representation: A Study in Modeling Science

Mauricio Suárez, Inference and Representation: A Study in Modeling Science , University of Chicago Press, 2024, 328pp., $35.00 (pbk), ISBN 9780226830049.

Reviewed by Robert Hudson, University of Saskatchewan

What is involved when someone, such as a scientist, uses a model to represent the world? According to Mauricio Suárez, we can examine this question in one of two ways: in terms of an analytic inquiry that answers a ‘constitutional’ question, or in terms of a practical inquiry that answers a ‘means’ question (84–89).

Traditionally, representation is understood constitutionally, “identifying [representation] entirely with the set of facts about the properties of the relata” (7). Here, the relata are the source of representation, “the object doing the representational work”, and the target of representation, “the object getting represented” (6). The traditional approach, which Suárez labels ‘reductive naturalism’, provides a metaphysical analysis of the representational relation, one that “[avoids] any reference to human values [and] . . . the interests, desires, and purposes of the inquirers” (7).

Suárez’s recommended approach is to examine representation in terms of its means, “focusing instead on the very diverse range of models and modeling techniques employed in the sciences”, while paying close attention to “the purposes of those who use and develop the representations” (86). This change of focus reflects, on Suárez’s view, a disciplinary shift in the philosophy of science where analytic inquiries are replaced with “an attempt to understand modeling practices”, a shift indicated by “the intense intention that philosophers have paid to scientific models and modeling practice in the last decades” (85).

Where does this refocusing on matters of scientific practice, and away from questions of metaphysical analysis, lead us? Suárez starts in Chapter 2 by examining the reflections on scientific practice of a unique set of 19th century physicists, Herman von Helmholtz, Heinrich Hertz, James Clerk Maxwell, and Ludwig Boltzmann, and identifies in these reflections an expression of what Suárez calls the ‘modeling attitude’, “a rather loose set of normative commitments . . . that bounds and informs [this] practice within recognized parameters” (44). He continues in Chapter 3 by reviewing a further unique set of contemporary modeling practices rooted in 19th century science, “the engineering model of the 1890 Forth Rail Bridge, the billiard ball model of gases, and stellar structure models in astrophysics” (79). For those familiar with Suárez’s previous work, chapters 2 and 3 constitute new material (xi).

In comparison, chapters 4 to 7 are reworkings of previously published material, developing and arguing for the details of Suárez’s inferential, deflationist theory of model representation, now ‘inspired’ by the 19th century modeling attitude and employing the three case studies as ‘benchmarks’ (84). Chapter 8 presents novel material in support of a deflationist conception. The classic source of philosophical discussion of representation occurs in the philosophy of art and Suárez finds that his representational deflationism “exhibits a notable fit” (223) with Richard Wollheim’s view of the experience of ‘seeing-in’. Chapter 9 concludes the book with original assessments of familiar debates in the philosophy of science. Concerning the realism/anti-realism debate, deflationism resuscitates the tenability of Ian Hacking’s entity realism, Bas van Fraassen’s constructive empiricism, and Arthur Fine’s natural ontological attitude. Further, the turn to emphasizing the role of social practice, characteristic of Suárez’s deflationism, enhances both Philip Kitcher’s ‘real realism’ and Helen Longino’s social epistemology. Finally, the absence of a facticity requirement on successful modeling, as Suárez sees it, provides support for Henk de Regt’s account of scientific understanding.

Suárez’s book rewards the attentive reader with its thorough detail, meticulous argumentation, and scholarly richness. Whether it provides a defensible view of scientific representation turns on whether we describe the representational relation analytically, in terms of the ‘substance’ of this relation (as with reductive naturalism, a substance devoid of “pragmatic elements”; see 91), or practically, deflating this relation and focusing instead on the use of representational sources in generating corroborated inferences about their targets. Classic substantivism views representation in terms of the similarity of a target and a source, or their isomorphism (or weaker, their homomorphism, or other morphism). A recognized problem with substantivism is the phenomenon of misrepresentation (113): where there is no target, or where a target lacks relevant properties, there can be no representation on the substance view as there are no grounds for similarity or isomorphism, and so no misrepresentation.

In contrast, Suárez’s theory of model representation has two components. First, a source represents a target only if the ‘representational force’ of the source “points toward” (9) the target (166). The notion of representational force is understood weakly: a source is directed to the target, and nothing else. The significance of representational force is that this direction is determined practically, in accordance with intended social use (119). This is the deflationary aspect of Suárez’s conception. There’s nothing about the source or the target, in themselves, that necessitates representational force. It follows that anything can represent anything else, the relevant social practice willing (47, 85, 189).

Secondly, on Suárez’s view, a source represents a target only if a source has a “specific inferential capacity” toward a target (166). Inferential capacity comes in two forms. First, there are vertical rules of inference, rules that “apply to the internal workings of the sources considered as self-standing objects” (184). Drawing from Heinrich Hertz, models ( Bilder , for Hertz; 38–39) exhibit ‘conformity’. They possess an internal, “inferential structure” (39) that grants them “a life of their own” (184), one that is “thoroughly social” (227). On the other hand, to serve the purpose of representing a target, a source’s inferential capacity involves horizontal rules of inference “essentially linked to [this source’s social] purposes in surrogative reasoning”, here reasoning about a target to the point of making licensed predictions about the target’s behaviour.

The implications of Suárez’s theory of representation are many. Chapter 7 illustrates the valuable use of surrogative reasoning in Suárez’s chosen case studies, cited above. Also, the application of Suárez’s theory to the philosophy of art opens “a Pandora's box of new questions” as soon as one draws licensed inferences from artworks in a “cultural and political context” (222). Further, Suárez’s deflationism breathes new life into van Fraassen’s constructive empiricism (242–243), now freed of cumbersome metaphysics.

Overall, one would have expected Suárez, given his retrospective position, to have spent more time reviewing published objections to his view. He orients his deflationism in the context of R.I.G. Hughes’ (1997) DDI account (141), arguing that his notion of representational force (“denotative function”) is an improvement on what Hughes calls ‘denotation’ (147–151). On the other hand, Roman Frigg and James Nguyen’s recent DEKI account is ignored, along with its critique of Suárez’s inferentialism. For example, Nguyen and Frigg (2022) object that Suárez fails to satisfactorily answer the “Semantic question: in virtue of what does a model represent its target” (7). Typically, we have an idea about the ‘meaning’ of a model prior to saying what inferences a model prescribes. Inferentialism works the other way. Since representational force, as noted above, is utterly deflated—anything can represent anything else—inferential capacity is the primary driver of meaning. With only inferences at hand, “there is no substantial analysis to be given about scientific representation” (Nguyen and Frigg 2022, 45), about what models represent or mean.

In specifying what it is in virtue of which a model represents a target, we need to say something about what a model is (about what Nguyen and Frigg call a “model object”, 66). This is not to ask for the necessary or sufficient conditions for being a model (its ‘constitution’). It is to ask, in a case where a model represents target, what specifically the model is—what thing it is—that is doing the targeting, just as when someone drives a car we ask, specifically, who is doing the driving, and not for the necessary or sufficient conditions for being a driver. Take, then, Suárez’s case of the Forth Rail Bridge. The (scale) model in this case is a set of engineering blueprints, some of which Suárez reproduces (62–63). These blueprints are the source, the model, and the target is the physical bridge. This is almost right. I have another copy of Suárez’s book, with the same blueprints. I don’t, therefore, have two distinct models of the bridge. It’s one model reproduced twice, reproduced many times in all the copies of the book, reproduced anthropomorphically as on the cover of Suárez’s book, which is itself reproduced multiple times with multiple copies of the book, and so on. So, in specifying what model it is that targets the physical Forth Rail Bridge, we need to look beyond the blueprints. This has nothing to do with the abstractness of the blueprints as a representation of the bridge. The anthropomorphic model is concrete, and with it, too, we need to look beyond the people in the depiction, to the same model that is at issue with the blueprints.

These comments are not original. They speak to the need for caution in talking in a facile way about models, or model objects. Nguyen and Frigg are aware of this need and highlight the relevant ontological issues. One can look at models as (set-theoretic) structures or as fictional entities (2022, 66). Suárez focuses on disputing the structure approach (138). For example, the Forth Rail Bridge blueprints are not set-theoretic. Their creator was not a modern logician. On the other hand, Suárez does not discuss a fictional approach. Arguably, the blueprints are not fictional since both they and the bridge are physically real. The question, for us, is whether Suárez’s deflationism handles this ontological quandary about models.

Consider again the question of the car and who the driver of the car is. A deflationist on this matter sidelines questions about the identity of this individual. Substantivist approaches, such as those based on similarity or isomorphism, encounter counterexamples since, analogously to Suárez’s arguments about models, potential car drivers need not be similar nor isomorphic to one another. The turn to a practical, or ‘means’ inquiry recommends that we look at the socially sanctioned practices of car drivers, without settling on the constitution of these drivers. For example, we might note that car drivers perform certain actions under certain circumstances, and different actions under different circumstances. A full description of these contextualized practices answers the question for a deflationist about who the driver is.

Is this a satisfactory answer to the analogous ontological question about drivers? Not if we think it matters who the driver is, leaving aside the question of their constitutional identity. At the traffic stop, a police officer will ask for the driver’s license and registration in order to pick out the relevant legal individual, not to define this person in terms of the necessary or sufficient conditions for being a driver. It’s a matter of ascribing responsibility for the driver's actions. A deflationist answer, substituting the legal individual with a set of actions practically distinguished by the interests of a community, is misleading since the same individual could perform a different set of actions, and a different individual could perform the same set of actions.

Consider now the Forth Rail Bridge. If one wants a reason for why the bridge has not toppled, one points to the relevant model. We access this model by viewing the blueprints. The blueprints aren’t the model since the blueprints are not responsible for why the bridge has not toppled. One can destroy all the blueprints and the bridge will still not topple. That the bridge has not toppled, or in more scientific cases, the success of one’s inferential practices, does not explain the lack of toppling or the bridge’s continued standing. These points are not distant from Suárez’s thinking. In discussing the Lotke-Volterra equations, Suárez notes that merely satisfying these equations is not enough to explain an observable phenomenon, such as the correlation between predator and prey numbers in the Adriatic Sea, since this correlation could be “entirely spurious or arbitrary” (114). Thus, the Lotke-Volterra theoretical model is more than just the equations and the inferential practices they prescribe. There is something in the world that corresponds to this model, something we have captured in our thinking, something ensuring that the model is not, as Suárez says, “predictively inane” (114). If the Lotke-Volterra model simply prescribes “a nonlinear pair of intermingled equations” and imposes “no requirements whatever on the nature of the objects involved as source or target or their relation” (172), there will be “no explanatory fact underlying the correlation” (114). To me, this sounds like an abandonment of inferentialism.

These critical points aside, Suárez’s book is a richly argued model of scholarship that sets the standard for future investigations into scientific representation.

Hughes, R.I.G. (1997), “Models and Representation,” Philosophy of Science 64: S325–S336.

Nguyen, J. and R. Frigg (2022), Scientific Representation . Cambridge University Press.

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The Supreme Court’s Loper Bright Ruling : Implications for Clinical Testing, Innovation, and Public Health

• 1 Northeastern University School of Law, Boston, Massachusetts
• 2 Center for Neurotechnology and Neurorecovery, Department of Neurology, Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston
• Viewpoint Ramifications of the Supreme Court’s Term for Health Regulation Lee A. Fleisher, MD, ML; Anne Joseph O’Connell, JD, PhD; Michelle M. Mello, JD, PhD JAMA

Since 1976, the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has regulated medical devices under the Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (FDCA). However, it has not generally regulated laboratory developed tests (LDTs), which the FDA defines as “in vitro diagnostic products…that are intended for clinical use and are designed, manufactured, and used within a single laboratory.” 1 After nearly 3 decades of mixed signals, the FDA changed course. On May 6, 2024, it issued a final rule regulating LDTs. Twenty-three days later, the American Clinical Laboratory Association (ACLA) filed a lawsuit arguing that the FDA lacked authority to regulate LDTs because they are not “devices” under the FDCA. The Supreme Court complicated the case on June 28, 2024, in Loper Bright Enterprises v Raimondo , 2 which overruled a long-standing decision requiring courts to defer to agency interpretations of ambiguous statutes—so-called Chevron deference. In this Viewpoint, we analyze how this recent Supreme Court ruling will affect the viability of the FDA’s new rule and its cross-cutting impacts on clinical testing, innovation, and public health.

Simon DA , Young MJ. The Supreme Court’s Loper Bright Ruling : Implications for Clinical Testing, Innovation, and Public Health . JAMA. Published online August 26, 2024. doi:10.1001/jama.2024.15904

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