克里普克语言哲学观探析

On Kripke's Philosophy of Language

克里普克是美国著名的哲学家和逻辑学家,其语言哲学观表现在对专名指称观的独到见解之上,认为专名与其所指对象只有指称功能,而没有任何涵义互指关系,两者是靠"历史因果链"进行联系的。此外,对"先天必然"与"后天偶然"独特阐释也是克里普克语言哲学观的重要组成部分。其语言哲学观不仅对语言与其所指之间关系的认知提供了新的思路,还拓宽了对专名的认知路径,因而在哲学界产生了很大的影响。不仅如此,克里普克的语言哲学观还对其他学科的相关研究带来新的研究视角。

An eminent logician and philosopher of language in America, Kripke puts forward his own insightful understanding of designators, assuming that there exists only referential function rather than ties between proper names and their referents, and the names are associated with their referents chain. Besides, integrated part through causal Kripke offers some fresh insights into the relation of necessity to a priori and a posteriori, an of Kripke＇s philosophy of language. His philosophy of language not only offers new insights into the relationship between names and their referents, but broadens the horizon of knowing designators, thus producing a great influence in the philosophy circle. Furthermore, Kripke＇s philosophy of language can offer some new perspectives or insights in other studies.