尽管学界在查尔斯·S·皮尔斯符号学理论研究方面有了长足的进展,但皮尔斯学者以及符号学理论研究者们依然面对着来自多重领域的挑战。比如,虽然有许多研究致力于皮尔斯与索绪尔这两位符号学创始人的差异研究,但探究二位理论的相同点的研究则罕见。许多学者讨论皮尔斯有关“解释项”的观点,但如何进一步理清这一关键概念,显然还有更多的事情要做;符号的三元观念也同样面临这样的问题。此外,本文特别关注皮尔斯有关信息的概念,并且讨论皮尔斯是如何利用它们来解释符号过程的。最后,本研究还要对皮尔斯符号学的第三个分支,即形式修辞学(或普遍修辞学)进讨论。本文试图说明的是,以皮尔斯现存的大量散乱的研究材料为支撑,为其理论提供一个可能的、连贯的解释,这将有助于推进皮尔斯研究以及符号学理论研究,并会为其带来丰富的研究成果。 Although the academic community has made great strides in the study of the semiotic theory of Charles S. Pierce, Peirce scholars and semiotic theoreticians still face challenges from multiple fields. For example, while there are many studies devoted to the differential study of the two semiotics founders Pierce and Saussure, the study of similarities between the two theories is rare. Many scholars have discussed Pierce’s view on “interpretation ”, but how to further clarify this key concept, there are obviously many more things to do. The three-dimensional notion of symbol also faces such a problem. In addition, this article pays special attention to Pierce’s concepts of information and discusses how Pierce used them to explain the symbolic process. Finally, the study goes further into the third branch of Pierce’s semiotics, formal rhetoric (or universal rhetoric). This article attempts to illustrate that supporting a theoretically possible and coherent interpretation of Pierce’s theory, supported by a vast body of scattered research material that will help to advance Pierce’s research and its semiotic theory, will bring with it Rich research results.