【摘要】 本文遵循信念指导我们的行动这一皮尔士观点，将基本信念描述为地图，而具有普遍内容的普遍信念则根本就不是命题，而是形成“说话者迎接未来的系统”的变形假言陈述。因果律是一种变形假言陈述，具有特殊的重要性和客观性。对于量化语句所表达的普遍信念，本文认为它们表达的是认知态度而非命题，从而明确支持了实用主义意义理论的核心论题。更多还原

【Abstract】 Following the Piercean view that beliefs guide our action,this paper describes a belief of the primary sort as a map,while universal beliefs with universal content are not propositions at all,but variable hypotheticals that form “the system with which the speaker meets the future． ”The causal laws are all variable hypotheticals,which has peculiar importance and objectivity. As for the universal beliefs expressed by quantifications, this paper argues that they express cognitive attitudes rather than propositions,thus clearly supporting the core thesis of pragmatic theory of meaning.更多还原