"Symbolic reference" refers to a way of referring to or representing something, often an idea or concept, using a symbol or image. It's like using a sign or picture to represent a larger meaning or idea.
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- The error involved in symbolic reference is still greater. (religion-online.org)
- In ordinary perception these two pure modes are connected through symbolic reference where the experienced influence of a past occasion is referred to a particular vivid sense in the immediately presented duration. (religion-online.org)
- Notice that such mistakes are not intellectual in character, since this type of symbolic reference does not involve the operation of thought. (religion-online.org)
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