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1、ONSENSEANDREFERENCE7betweenthesignscorrespondstoadifferenceinthemodeofpresentationofthatwhichisdesignated.Leta,6,cbethelinesconnectingtheverticesofatrianglewiththemidpointsoftheoppositesides.Thepointofintersectionofaandbisthenthesameasthepointofintersectionofbandc.Sowehaved
2、ifferentdesignationsforthesamepoint,andthesenames('pointofintersectionofaandby,'pointofintersectionofbandOnSenseandReferencec')likewiseindicatethemodeofpresentation;andhencethestatementcontainsactualknowledge.Itisnatural,now,tothinkoftherebeingconnectedwithasign(name,combin
3、ationofwords,letter),besidesthattowhichthesignrefers,whichmaybecalledthereferenceofthesign,alsowhatIshouldliketocallthesenseofthesign,whereinthemodeofpresentationiscontained.Equality1givesrisetochallengingquestionswhicharenotaltogetherInourexample,accordingly,thereferenceof
4、theexpressions'thepointeasytoanswer.Isitarelation?Arelationbetweenobjects,orbetweenofintersectionofaandb'and'thepointofintersectionofbandc'wouldnamesorsignsofobjects?InmyBegriffsschriftzIassumedthelatter.bethesame,butnottheirsenses.Thereferenceof'eveningstar'wouldThereasons
5、whichseemtofavourthisarethefollowing:a=aanda=bbethesameasthatof'morningstar',butnotthesense.areobviouslystatementsofdifferingcognitivevalue;a=aholdsaprioriItisclearfromthecontextthatby'sign'and'name'Ihavehereand,accordingtoKant,istobelabelledanalytic,whilestatementsofunders
6、toodanydesignationrepresentingapropername,whichthushastheforma=boftencontainveryvaluableextensionsofourknowledgeasitsreferenceadefiniteobject(thiswordtakeninthewidestrange),andcannotalwaysbeestablishedapriori.Thediscoverythattherisingbutnotaconceptorarelation,whichshallbedi
7、scussedfurtherinsunisnotneweverymorning,butalwaysthesame,wasoneofthemostanotherarti~le.~Thedesignationofasingleobjectcanalsoconsistoffertileastronomicaldiscoveries.Eventodaytheidentificationofasmallseveralwordsorothersigns.Forbrevity,leteverysuchdesignationbeplanetoracometi
8、snotalwaysamatterofcourse.Nowifweweretocalledapropername.regardequalityasarelation
