Existence as a modal function in methodology of correlationism (metalogic considerations)

The author focuses on metalogic considerations on the problem of existence from the anthropocentric and relationistic viewpoint, among others on the interpretation of modal categories of pure reason by Kant in their application to the objects of sensual experience. The metalogical issues of determination of the contents of judgements on beings and existence along with the issues of appropriate existential-ontological evaluation of such beings were distinguished in detail. The language issues connected with discussion on the problem of existence of beings of various kind were also raised.

About existing and not existing referents of proper names – anthropocentrism in onomastics

In the article the author widely covers the problem of names’ reference, especially proper names. The phenomenon of reference is discussed on the basis of Ogden/Richards triangle, showing the tri-elemental relation between the symbol, the concept and the referent. The author is pointing out the practice of inaccurate use of terms in the scientific discourse of research into reference and he sorts it out in the terminology by showing the difference between, among others, the reference, the designation and the denotation. The author’s considerations are full of examples which illustrate the essence of these terms and their relations. From the conclusion about the symbol and the concept he moves to the description of reality whose elements are the nominated objects. The extra-linguistic reality in which objects – capable of becoming the referents of various expressions – occur is described in accord with Kantian anthropocentric philosophical thought.