Following "the linguistic turn" in the Western philosophy of early 20th century, the study of meaning became the focal topic of (analytic) philosophy of language due to its extreme importance.

20世纪初出现“语言转向”之后，意义问题研究更成为语言(分析)哲学的核心课题。

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The paper suggests that we can explain the paradigm shift in analytic philosophy in late 20th century in terms of the parallel between linguistic reference and mental reference.

在此基础上，本文试图借助语言指称问题和心理指称问题的平行关系，为当代分析哲学的主流从语言哲学到心灵哲学的范式转移的动机和方法勾勒出一个考察纲要。

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