SIGN AND MEANING IN ANSELM OF CANTERBURY: THEORY OF PROPER AND COMMON NAMES
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Significação, Signo, Nome próprio, nome comum, Anselmo de CantuáriaAbstract
For Anselm, to signify is to establish the understanding of something in the mind. A sign is what establishes an understanding. There are linguistic and non-linguistic signs. A proper name establishes the understanding of an individual, which consists of a certain nature and a set of properties that distinguish it from other members of the same class (species or genus). A common name establishes the understanding of a nature, and nothing more than that. Nature can be the species, as signified by the name 'man', or it can be genus, as signified by the name 'God'. Proper name and common name signify in the same way, since to signify is to establish an understanding. Both names bring to mind something beyond the sign itself. However, the understanding produced by each is different. While one has a specific individual, who may or may not exist, the other has a nature, which is a universal.
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