The Ethos of Coexistence in Language – A Philosophical Reading

Abstract

In this research paper, we aim to offer a philosophical reading in which we clarify the tremendous importance of language and its role in achieving coexistence and mutual interdisciplinary understanding within a global framework. We stress its human dimensions that transcend the narrow confines of an automatic linguistic function, regarding language as an ontological communicative act that establishes the values of dialogue, diversity, and openness among different identities. This occurs within the context of the relationship between the self and the other and in a cosmic space that expands to embrace all diversity—where language serves as the supporting tool. This study presents and analyzes the key stances of language philosophers who have focused on exploring language issues and the lofty human values associated with it, such as otherness and the culture of global peace (Bertrand Russell, Paul Ricoeur, Jürgen Habermas, Edgar Morin, among others). In our contemporary era, characterized by wars and conflicts among peoples, the search for mechanisms to achieve these values has become an essential imperative.