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'''aUI''' ({{IPA-all|aui}}) is a [[Philosophical language|philosophical]], [[A priori language|a priori]] language created in the 1950s by W. John Weilgart, Ph.D. (March 9, 1913– January 26, 1981; born Johann Wolfgang Weixlgärtner, | '''aUI''' ({{IPA-all|aui}}) is a [[Philosophical language|philosophical]], [[A priori language|a priori]] language created in the 1950s by W. John Weilgart, Ph.D. (March 9, 1913– January 26, 1981; born Johann Wolfgang Weixlgärtner, | ||
<ref name="Dr. Weilgart's Story">{{cite web |title=Dr. Weilgart's Story |url=https://auilanguage.space/Dr-weilgart/story |website=aUI | <ref name="Dr. Weilgart's Story">{{cite web |title=Dr. Weilgart's Story |url=https://auilanguage.space/Dr-weilgart/story |website=aUI, The Language of Space |publisher=Cosmic Communication Foundation |access-date=25 June 2024}}</ref> | ||
and also known as John W. Weilgart | and also known as John W. Weilgart | ||
<ref name="Weilgart-LOS"> | <ref name="Weilgart-LOS">Weilgart, John W. (1979). ''aUI, The Language of Space'' (4th ed.). Decorah, Iowa: Cosmic Communication Co. ISBN 978-0-912038-08-7 </ref> | ||
a philosopher and psychoanalyst originally from Vienna, Austria. He described it as "the Language of Space", connoting universal communication, and published the fourth edition of the textbook in 1979; | a philosopher and psychoanalyst originally from Vienna, Austria. He described it as "the Language of Space", connoting universal communication, and published the fourth edition of the textbook in 1979; | ||
<ref name="Weilgart-LOS" /> | <ref name="Weilgart-LOS" /> | ||
a philosophic description of each semantic element of the language was published in 1975. | a philosophic description of each semantic element of the language was published in 1975. | ||
<ref name="Weilgart-CEOM"> | <ref name="Weilgart-CEOM">Weilgart, John W. (1975). ''Cosmic Elements of Meaning: Symbols of the Spirit's Life'', Decorah, Iowa: Cosmic Communication Co.</ref> | ||
As an effort toward world 'peace through understanding', it was Weilgart's goal to clarify and simplify communication. Ultimately it was his experiment in facilitating conscious thinking in that it is built from a proposed set of primitive, possibly universal elements that are designed to reflect a motivated, mnemonic relationship between symbol, sound, and meaning. In his psychotherapy work, he sometimes used client created aUI formulations to reveal possible subconscious associations to problematic concepts. | As an effort toward world 'peace through understanding', it was Weilgart's goal to clarify and simplify communication. Ultimately it was his experiment in facilitating conscious thinking in that it is built from a proposed set of primitive, possibly universal elements that are designed to reflect a motivated, mnemonic relationship between symbol, sound, and meaning. In his psychotherapy work, he sometimes used client created aUI formulations to reveal possible subconscious associations to problematic concepts. | ||
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== History == | == History == | ||
Weilgart followed Gottfried Leibniz' proposal for an [[w:alphabet of human thought|alphabet of human thought]] that would provide a universal way to analyze ideas by breaking them down into their component pieces—to be represented by a unique "real" character. In the early 18th century, Leibniz outlined his ''[[characteristica universalis]]'', the basic elements of which would be pictographic characters representing a limited number of elementary concepts. René Descartes suggested that a lexicon of a universal language should consist of primitive elements. The history of this language philosophy is delineated in Umberto Eco's ''[[w:The Search for the Perfect Language|The Search for the Perfect Language]]''. | Weilgart followed Gottfried Leibniz' proposal for an [[w:alphabet of human thought|alphabet of human thought]] that would provide a universal way to analyze ideas by breaking them down into their component pieces—to be represented by a unique "real" character. In the early 18th century, Leibniz outlined his ''[[characteristica universalis]]'', the basic elements of which would be pictographic characters representing a limited number of elementary concepts. René Descartes suggested that a lexicon of a universal language should consist of primitive elements. The history of this language philosophy is delineated in Umberto Eco's ''[[w:The Search for the Perfect Language|The Search for the Perfect Language]]''. | ||
<ref name="Eco"> | <ref name="Eco">Eco, Umberto. (1995). ''The Search for the Perfect Language''. http://www.umbertoeco.com/en/. Blackwell. ISBN 978-0631205104 Archived from the original on 2015-08-13 https://web.archive.org/web/20150813225954/http://www.umbertoeco.com/en/. Retrieved 2012-03-09</ref> | ||
As a young man, Weilgart observed the pervasive and insidious effects of state planned Nazi propaganda. In particular, he was struck by how double meanings, together with similar sounds in slogans often associated unrelated words into suggestive "stereotyped formulas", [that would] "arrest the attention and appeal to the hearts of the national masses" | As a young man, Weilgart observed the pervasive and insidious effects of state planned Nazi propaganda. In particular, he was struck by how double meanings, together with similar sounds in slogans often associated unrelated words into suggestive "stereotyped formulas", [that would] "arrest the attention and appeal to the hearts of the national masses" | ||