Full Idea
The theory of Representative Ideas begs the whole question, by assuming a) that we can know these 'Ideas', b) that we can know the realities they represent, and c) we can know a particular 'idea' to be representative of a particular reality.
Gist of Idea
Representation assumes you know the ideas, and the reality, and the relation between the two
Source
Gilbert Ryle (Are there propositions? [1930], 'Objections')
Book Reference
Ryle,Gilbert: 'Collected Essays 2 1929-1968' [Routledge 2009], p.25
A Reaction
Personally I regard the ideas as immediate (rather than acquired by some knowledge process), and I am dimly hoping that they represent reality (or I'm in deep trouble), and I am struggling to piece together the reality they represent. I'm happy with that.