【通用表意文字】
通用表意文字（拉丁语术语为characteristica universalis；英语当中常解释为 universal characteristic 或 universal character；中文之中又常常称为普遍表意文字、普遍语言、通用语言、普适语言以及普适科学语言等），是德国哲学家戈特弗里德·莱布尼茨所设想的一种通用的形式化语言；该语言能够表达数学、科学以及形而上学（纯粹哲学）方面的概念。莱布尼茨希望创建的是一种可以在通用逻辑运算或者说Calculus ratiocinator框架之下加以使用的语言。
==参考文献==
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==外部连结==
*Corazzon, Raul, 2010, " Language as Calculus vs. Language as Universal Medium date=20210427111220 ". Includes bibliography, links to online papers, and passages from the writings of Jaakko Hintikka and Jean van Heijenoort.
* Rotha, Paul, 1946, " From Hieroglyphs to Isotypes date=20200806014750 ".
*Smith, Barry, 1978, "PDFlink| An Essay in Formal Ontology,|936 KiB" Grazer Philosophische Studien 6: 39–62.
*—, 1990, "PDFlink| Characteristica Universalis|207 KiB" in K. Mulligan, ed., Language, Truth and Ontology, (Philosophical Studies Series). Kluwer: 50–81.
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