Znaczenie, znaczenia. Elementy filozofii języka Romana Ingardena na tle sporów o teorię znaczenia

Abstract

The article presents the most important concepts of meaning, formulated in the history of philosophy, and points to the difficulties that the concepts encounter. Against this background, the author sketches the position of Roman Ingarden in the philosophy of language, with a special emphasis on his concept of meaning. Outlined in this way, the confrontation of approaches stemming mainly from analytical philosophy and the phenomenological approach (R. Ingarden) indicates theoretical deficiency of each of those standpoints, and thus shows a perspective for further research, aiming at a formulation of a complete, satisfactory theory of meaning - a crucial element in answering the question: how are words connected to the world.