在西方哲学史上,指称与实在、知识之间的关系一直是形而上学和认识论关注的焦点。在弗雷格开启现代分析哲学传统中指称研究的同时,胡塞尔也在现象学传统中将指称诉诸心理行动。基于意图的指称表明指称行动的意向性特征;而指称物的心灵维度则刻画了被指称对象的当代心灵哲学视角。
The relationship between reference to reality and knowledge is the focus in the fields of metaphysics and epistemology. While Frege concerned himself with the reference problem in analytical philosophy tradition,Husserl appealed to the mental acts to deal with it in phenomenological tradition. The reference based on intentions shows the intentionality feature of the act of referring,and the referents from the dimension of mind display the perspective of the referred objects in contemporary philosophy of mind.