模も写しゃ説せつ

noun

copy theory

A philosophical term, often contrasted with 反映論 (reflection theory). Used in epistemology and philosophy of mind to describe the idea that knowledge or perception is a copy of reality.

See also: 反映論

• 模も写しゃ説せつは、認にん識しきが外がい界かいの忠ちゅう実じつな複ふく製せいであると考かんがえる立たち場ばだ。

  Copy theory is the position that cognition is a faithful reproduction of the external world.

• この哲てつ学がく者しゃは模も写しゃ説せつを批ひ判はんし、反はん映えい論ろんを支し持じした。

  This philosopher criticized copy theory and supported reflection theory.