?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rft.title=Introduction%3A+General+Aspects+of+the+Concept+of+Representation&rft.creator=Greco%2C+Alberto&rft.subject=Cognitive+Psychology&rft.description=If+one+has+to+judge+the+importance+of+a+subject+from+the+frequency+of+use+of+certain+words+in+the+literature%2C+the+concept+of+representation+seems+to+have+a+special+position+in+disciplines+belonging+to+cognitive+science.+Indeed%2C+the+word+%22representation%22+is+certainly+one+of+the+most+used.+Unfortunately%2C+however%2C+it+is+also+one+of+the+least+clearly+defined%2C+perhaps+because+it+comes+from+common+sense%2C+and+almost+everyone+believes+to+know+what+it+means.+No+single+definition+at+present+seems+to+capture+all+aspects+considered+relevant+by+someone.+The+aim+of+this+special+issue+is+to+consider+the+present+status+of+this+concept%2C+in+a+multidisciplinary+perspective%2C+and+to+discuss+some+of+its+most+controversial+aspects.+It+includes+revised+versions+of+papers+that+were+presented+at+the+special+Workshop+of+the+ESSCS+(Representation%2C+a+multidisciplinary+perspective+-+Camogli%2C+Italy%2C+12-14+April+1994)%2C+but+there+are+other+contributions+as+well.+The+aim+of+this+introduction+is+to+describe+some+of+the+problems+in+general%2C+and+how+they+are+tackled+in+the+papers.&rft.date=1995&rft.type=Journal+(Paginated)&rft.type=PeerReviewed&rft.format=text%2Fhtml&rft.identifier=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F651%2F1%2FCOGSY95A.HTM&rft.identifier=++Greco%2C+Alberto++(1995)+Introduction%3A+General+Aspects+of+the+Concept+of+Representation.++%5BJournal+(Paginated)%5D+++++&rft.relation=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F651%2F