ABSTRACT
Language constitutes one of the three most general symbolic systems, alongside the psyche and DNA. Language is declined in thousands of languages, each of which has different levels and some distinctive characteristics (structural duality, discrete linear code, arbitrariness). Language is closely intertwined with certain cognitive functions such as thinking, memory, the system for mentally traveling through time, the system involved in reading the mind and self-awareness. According to Daniel Dor, language is not a new form of communication but rather a technology aimed at sharing the imaginative products of the mind. The goal of language does not consist in the description of reality but in the construction of a network of minds connected to each other. As an instrument of knowledge, language has many possibilities but also limits. Philosophical reflection has disavowed the opinion that logic, mathematics or programming languages represent the “language of science” or the web of reality. The language of science and philosophy is represented by human languages.
