专名意义的一种生活整体主义观点  

The Meaning of Proper Names: A View From Life Holism

作　　者：蒉益民[1] 

机构地区：[1]中国社会科学院哲学所

出　　处：《哲学研究》2007年第4期51-60,共10页Philosophical Research

摘　　要：This paper first introduces the history and current challenges concerning the studies of the meaning of proper names. It then proposes and defends a social and pragmatic theory. The contends that this theory can solve all six difficulties posed by the modal argument, the epistemic argument, the semantic argument as criticisms of the traditional descriptive theories, and Frege’s puzzle, belief puzzles, empty name puzzles as objections to the direct reference theory. Finally the emphasizes that this theory represents a life holistic viewpoint, according to which the meaning of proper names is determined by social, historical, environmental, and pragmatic factors and considerations in our life as a whole.This paper first introduces the history and current challenges concerning the studies of the meaning of proper names. It then proposes and defends a social and pragmatic theory. The contends that this theory can solve all six difficulties posed by the modal argument, the epistemic argument, the semantic argument as criticisms of the traditional descriptive theories, and Frege’s puzzle, belief puzzles, empty name puzzles as objections to the direct reference theory. Finally the emphasizes that this theory represents a life holistic viewpoint, according to which the meaning of proper names is determined by social, historical, environmental, and pragmatic factors and considerations in our life as a whole.

关 键 词：整体主义 限定摹状词 生活 逻辑意义 意义理论 苏格拉底 描述性 指称 

分 类 号：B018[哲学宗教—哲学理论]