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Is philosophy the Apex of Language!

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What if philosophy is all we have to say? Language in its ultimate form may very well be philosophical. If that is the case what does that say about human knowledge, in general? But, before spanning the sciences we must first give legitimacy to such an argument. Theologically, is prayer, the utmost of Jewish, Islamic, and Christian traditions an asking of a God? If this is so, then, prayer requires a philosophical dynamic. Humanistically, is not true of every individual that each soul cries out a question(s). Who will love me? Why am i here? are both legitimate questions. Looking to a higher power and looking for humanistic solidarity is all I can find in this world/universe.

We speak in many ways. We speak in ways that communicate to others what we mean. We do so by colloquial means oftentimes. These are dialects, dictions, languages, but all of these bring with them remnants of the human man (or woman). Philosophy brings the ultimate questions of life. Therefore, I presume that it is the apex of language and perhaps even the human mind.
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Philosophy is not only the Apex of Language, Philosophy-proper* overrides every field of knowledge and human activity.
*not merely Western philosophy or academic philosophy but philosophy-in-general.
This is why we see the common phrase 'Philosophy of Language, this, that, or X' where 'X' can be anything.
Philosophy is the meta-deliberation applicable to whatever knowledge and human activities.
Not-a-theist. Religion is a critical necessity for humanity now, but not the FUTURE.
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Spectrum:
Philosophy is not only the Apex of Language, Philosophy-proper* overrides every field of knowledge and human activity.
*not merely Western philosophy or academic philosophy but philosophy-in-general.
This is why we see the common phrase 'Philosophy of Language, this, that, or X' where 'X' can be anything.
Philosophy is the meta-deliberation applicable to whatever knowledge and human activities.
I sort of agree with this about overriding. And in this meta deliberation it brings the deliberative human agency of inquiry above common language, of the everydayness of language use. I am reviewing very useful philosopher right now, Emanuel Levinas in his Totality and Infinity. I like him because he takes language to that precipice where words run out so language has to be differently routed to construct new meanings. It fashions a new ontology, that is, a new way to talk about the way things are that takes in marginalized values, the kind of thing Foucault would characterize as being forced out of the conversation people are allowed to have. Things can get very interesting in language and the thoughts behind it if philosophical language were "permitted" to penetrate deeper into undisclosed regions where the givens, the more primordial features of our being here, are allowed greater presence. This very kind of talk is a case in point: words are tools that are taken up and recontextualized in a way that is at first metaphorical, because what a word established in a prevailing paradigm means is limited to possibilities contained within the shared experiences of a community. But then, taken up as a new reference, with new denotative and connotative meaning, rerouting begins and language grows into greater understanding. Reading Heidegger, e.g., elevates language in this way. Reading Adi Shankaracharya does as well.

They say Tibetan monks discuss freely the things encountered in there meditations. These things, such as might be found int he Tibetan Book of the Dead, make sense to few but them. It is not language that stands in the way; it is what language "regionalizes" or takes up as a theme in discourse and the existential values present in the shared experiences of interlocutors.
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