?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rft.title=Mental+Representations%3A+the+New+Sense-Data%3F&rft.creator=Stieg%2C+Chuck+&rft.subject=Philosophy+of+Mind&rft.subject=Philosophy+of+Science&rft.subject=Epistemology&rft.subject=Metaphysics&rft.subject=Cognitive+Psychology&rft.description=The+notion+of+representation+has+become+ubiquitous+throughout+cognitive+psychology%2C+cognitive+neuroscience+and+the+cognitive+sciences+generally.+This+paper+addresses+the+status+of+mental+representations+as+entities+that+have+been+posited+to+explain+cognition.++I+do+so+by+examining+similarities+between+mental+representations+and+sense-data+in+both+their+characteristics+and+key+arguments+offered+for+each.++I+hope+to+show+that+more+caution+in+the+adoption+and+use+of+representations+in+explaining+cognition+is+warranted.++Moreover%2C+by+paying+attention+to+problematic+notions+of+representations%2C+a+less+problematic+sense+of+representation+might+emerge.++&rft.date=2004&rft.type=Other&rft.type=NonPeerReviewed&rft.format=other&rft.identifier=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F6174%2F1%2FMental_Reps_and_Sense_Data_Cog_P.doc&rft.format=application%2Fpdf&rft.identifier=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F6174%2F2%2FMental_Reps_and_Sense_Data_Cog_P.pdf&rft.identifier=++Stieg%2C+Chuck+++(2004)+Mental+Representations%3A+the+New+Sense-Data%3F+++++(Unpublished)++&rft.relation=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F6174%2F