凯撒问题的哲学意义

The Philosophical Significance of Caesar Problem

凯撒问题是当代分析哲学中的热门话题,许多学者都尝试为凯撒问题提供解决方案,林奈博给出关于区分范畴种类的元语义学方案、乌兹奎亚纳给出关于区分必然对象和偶然对象的模态方案、库克给出关于区分抽象原则的等价关系和等价类方案。然而,这些方案都不能最终解决凯撒问题。凯撒问题的哲学意义在于解决这个问题的尝试为我们带来了新的研究方法和新的研究方向,从而把分析哲学的研究引向深入。

Caesar Problem is a hot topic in contemporary analytic philosophy. Many scholars try to pro?vide solutions to Caesar problem. Linnebo proposes meta-semantics to make a distinction between categories;Uzquiano suggests a modal differentiation between necessary objects and contingent objects;Cook offers crite?ria of equivalence relation and equivalence class. After showing all these methods cannot solve Caesar prob?lem, it points out that the philosophical significance of Caesar Problem is the new method and strategy which will promote the development of analytic philosophy.