ABSTRACT
The starting point of any philosophical reflection is the life-world. Even if philosophy has an autonomous status, it has always confronted itself with the cultural dimension and with scientific data and knowledge. In the last three centuries, philosophy has had mathematics and physics as its main scientific paradigm of reference. One of the main objectives of this book consists in the proposal to reorient philosophy, additionally, towards a biological and neuroscientific paradigm, in which the symbolic-informational dimension of DNA, psyche and language plays a leading role. The second objective is intended to be a contribution to the reflection on some aspects of first philosophy, in particular via the nature of symbolism in the biological, neuropsychological, linguistic and information theory fields.
