Predstavipredstavova

Predstavipredstavova is a theoretical construct in cognitive science and linguistics that describes a meta-representation process in which a representation includes explicit encoding of the steps or criteria by which it was produced, allowing multiple layers of representation to be introspected and manipulated.

The term blends Slavic roots predstava "presentation/representation" with a repeated form to signal recursion; it is a coined compound rather than a widely used term.

Mechanism: A base representation R0 is produced by procedure P0; Predstavipredstavova posits that R0 includes a second-order representation R1 describing P0; R1 can itself be represented as R2 describing the process that produced R1, and so on.

Applications: in explainable AI to trace decisions; in linguistics to model discourse where statements include statements about their own validity; in knowledge graphs as metadata about inference chains.

Status: the term is not a standard part of mainstream terminology and appears mainly in theoretical discussions or demonstrations rather than in established research literature. See also: meta-representation, recursion, self-reference, explainable AI.