Abstract:
The aim of the paper is the characterization of mental representations in regard to
their nature, kinds and ways of existence. The paper shows different approaches
to mental representations in the philosophy of mind, and especially focuses on the
theories of mental content. The main part of the paper deals with the problem of
epistemological commitments of cognitive representational systems in regard to
the nature and kinds of mental representations which play their role in creating our
knowledge and our model of the world. Here also many controversial questions is
asked and discussed. In conclusion, the representational standpoint is eniriched by
the requirement of the representation of “self” and the representation of body.
