Nomenclature, terminology and language
Nomenclature, terminology and language
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命名法、术语和语言
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2012
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M. Epstein
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M. Epstein
本文件的目的是提供一个角度来看待与意义、形式化、严格性（我认为这不一定等同于精确性）、精确性、参考和命名有关的一些辩论、理论和建议，因为它们与命名和术语有关。我认为，诉诸正式和机器语言，试图“修复”或“稳定”自然语言的语义并不总是一个成功的或可取的策略。仔细考察指称和语义之间的实际关系，即意义发生的过程，有助于人们理解追求某种机械形式化策略的逻辑前提是如何错误的。认真使用现有的自然语言，结合在命名和术语方面的简约和简洁的做法，可能会达到合理的精确度。它还可以帮助避免重叠的、部分冗余的元语言、知识表示、本体等的过度扩散，所有这些都试图重新定义命名法和分类法的标准，而不一定要面对问题（这些问题是语言哲学中许多问题的基础），这些问题是使用自然语言产生的许多概念的所谓“模糊”的根源。本文最后提出了一套相对较短的实用建议。
It is this paper’s intention to provide one perspective on some of the debates, theories and proposals relating to meaning, formalization, rigor (which I argue is not necessarily identical to precision), precision, reference and naming as they relate to nomenclature and terminology. I argue that resorting to formal and machine languages in an attempt to “fix” or “stabilize” the semantics of natural languages is not always a successful or desirable strategy. A careful examination of the practical relationship(s) between reference and semantics, the process of the genesis of meaning, helps one to understand how the logical premises for the pursuit of certain kinds of mechanical formalization strategies are faulty. An attentive use of existing natural languages, in conjunction with parsimonious and concise practices in the areas of nomenclature and terminology, can probably achieve reasonable levels of precision. It also may help avoid excessive proliferation of overlapping, partially redundant, metalanguages, knowledge representations, ontologies, etc., that all attempt to redefine standards for nomenclature and taxonomy, without necessarily confronting the problems (which lie at the foundation of many issues in the philosophy at language) at the root of the alleged “fuzziness” of many concepts generated with the use of natural languages. A relatively short set of practical proposals concludes the essay.