意义研究的哲学渊源及当代走向

意义研究作为现代西方语言哲学的核心,可以追溯到人类哲学思维的发端处。哲学从本体论、认识论到语言哲学,其关注点最终由意识与存在的关系转向语言、语言的意义与世界的关系。意义因而成为英美语言分析和欧陆本体论式语言追问的焦点,呈现出当代语用分析、生存论、解释学等多维深入的局面,并明显表现出了将意义问题哲学化、人文化为语境问题的当代趋势。深入反思以上问题,对当今意义研究无疑具有重大的理论与现实意义。

The Philosophical Origin and the Present Trend of the Study of Meaning

As the core of modern philosophy of language,the study of meaning can be traced back to the beginning of human philosophical thinking.From ontology,epistemology to linguistic philosophy,the focus of philosophy has been turned from the relationships between thinking and being to the connections among language,its meaning and the world.Hence,meaning has become the pursuing target of both linguistic analysis in Britain and America and the ontological endeavor in the European continent,with the muti-dimensional researches such as pragmatic analysis,Hermeneutics,etc.,being paralleled together.Furthermore,the study of meaning is growingly contextualized.A deep reflection of the issues above will surely bear great theoretical value and realistic significance.