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This paper studies the meaning of the concept of representation and the origin of such process, showing the strict relation linking its emergence with the evolution of the process of self-reproduction. Moreover, herein is examined the role played by reproduction in the very constitution of representation. Thus is reached a first. characterization of representation constructive functionality. Relying on this idea of functionality we abord in the last step the analysis of the relation between representation and cognition, wherein the so called problem of adequacy is posed.
