The Being of Knowledge

Abstract:

The ethos of philosophy is to know the unknown. Discovery and invention offer pathways to uncover the knowable, which leads to innovations. Language, the communicative manifestations, are usually attributed to human capacities, which is an anthropomorphic hubris. Other ‘animals’ do have communicative skills--perhaps more intense than ours--which we do not recognize as ‘language.’ The primary focus of this article is to signify the unity of languages that build society and culture as a community of communities. Implicitly, identity, character, and the contours of relationships evolve, and the symphony of languages constructs a culture that sustains humanity. Languages do not die; they are sometimes suffocated. “The being of language” (Foucault, 229: 42)2 defines the experience of language in its Becoming.

The minutes of my language mean the limits of my world.”

—Ludwig Wittgenistein

Keywords:

Being of Language; Culture and Conflict; Words & Meanings

Citation: Brij Mohan (2025). The Being of Knowledge. Horizon J. Hum. Soc. Sci. Res. 7 (2), 5–9. https://doi.org/10.37534/bp.jhssr.2025.v7.n2.id1308.p5-9