### representation:

Idol
* Some idols have feet of silver or gold.
* are deity
  - false gods
  - giant statues found in mosswart temples
  - lifeless and they delude people
  - more than gods of wood and stone
  - silver, silver and gold, works of man
  - social constructions
  - stars
* come in various forms, and they can control our lives.
* consist of models, pop stars, television actresses, news anchors and talk-show hosts.
* create the illusion of happiness that is misery and fullness that is emptiness.
* determine our purpose for living.
* exist in abundance today in our own cultural environment.
* have feet of clay.

### representation:

Interpretation
* are answers to questions people have
  - that people have, it is what one wants to see in an image
  - explanations of the observed data that form the basis for a hypothesis
  - mappings that can be used to translate between different representations
  - one way that social groups communicate and impose their world view on others
* base on observations.
* is an art, utilizing many art forms
  - which combines many arts
  - explanation of the meaning of something
* is revelation based on information
  - upon information
* is the attempt to give the meaning of something
  - creation of meaning
  - meaning of a Biblical passage
  - oral restating in one language of what has been said in another language
  - process of applying the rules of interpretation to a passage of Scripture
* make senses.
* refers to transferring a message from one language to another verbally.
* require knowledge.
* skill learned through much personal experience and self-discipline
  - that improves with training and practice
* type of storytelling.
* yield high values
  - negative values
+ Cambrian explosion, Key issues: Evolutionary biology :: Fossils :: Cambrian
  * Interpretation is difficult due to a limited supply of evidence. The evidence is an incomplete fossil record, and chemical signatures left in Cambrian rocks.

### representation | interpretation:

Abstract interpretation
* language-independent theory for static analysis of programs.
* technique for safely approximating the behaviour of computer programs
  - the static analysis of dynamic properties of programs

Eisegesis
* is an interpretation
* refers to the error of reading one's personal bias into the text.

Exegesis
* are interpretations.
* encourages moral excellence by upholding Christian ethics.
* is an interpretation
  - to bring out the meaning of something that is difficult to understand

### representation | interpretation | exposition:

Philosophizing
* are exposition.
* creates philosophy.
* critical examination of Weltanschauungs.
* is consummate negativity

### representation | interpretation:

Statutory interpretation
* matter of law that is fully reviewable on appeal
* question of law and subject to unlimited review
  - calling for de novo review
* question of law for the courts to decide
  - reviewed de novo
* question of law subject to de novo review on appeal
* question of law subject to review de novo on appeal
* question of law that is also reviewed de novo on appeal
* question of law that is reviewed de novo for error on appeal
  - the panel reviews de novo
* question of law which is considered de novo on appeal
  - law, which is reviewed de novo on appeal

Knowledge representation
* affects the speed of learning.
* major component of knowledge acquisition.