美国当代哲学家卡斯顿·哈里斯曾于1983年撰文探讨建筑的真谛:“关于非武断性建筑的思考”。在该文中,哈里斯谈及“自然符号语言”的再发现。他认为“自然符号语言”可以帮助人类创造一种“被感觉为确有必要而不是强行造作的”建筑。他指出,这些自然符号“完全可以通过分析人类在世界上的存在”而获得。且这些符号并不与任何个别的文化或地域相关连。 The American contemporary philosopher Caston Harris wrote in 1983 to discuss the essence of architecture: “Reflections on non-arbitrary architecture.” In the article, Harris talks about the rediscovery of the natural language language. He believes that “natural symbolic language” can help humans create a “building” that is felt to be necessary rather than forced. He pointed out that these natural symbols can be obtained completely by analyzing the existence of human beings in the world. And these symbols are not related to any individual culture or region.