对事实的认知和对意义的理解

The Cognition of Facts and the Comprehesion of Meaning

事实和意义是两种不同的认识对象,二者对应着两种不同的认识方式。对于事实要以认知的方式去把握,对于意义要以理解的方式去揭示。认知事实和理解意义有很大的区别,不应将两种认识方式混同起来。近代认识论对认知方式有深入的研究,但对理解方式有所忽略。现代认识论把注意力转向意义理解问题,为认识论的发展开辟了一条新的路向。

Facts and meaning are two different cognitive objects , which correspond with two different cognitive methods respectively. Facts should be grasped by means of cognitive method while meaning ought to be revealed in the way of comprehension. The cognition of facts differs greatly from the comprehension of meaning and the two cognitive methods should not be confused. In contemporary epistemology, cognitive methods have been deeply studied while the method of comprehension has been somewhat neglected. Modern epistemology has turned its attention to the issue of the comprehension of meaning and opened up a new route for the development of epistemology.