Language, institution and person

Abstract

The reflexive effort proposed here is oriented to is aimed at investigating two concepts that make up the core of our constitution as rational beings, that is, as people, we refer to thought and language. What is sought, above all, is to contemplate this link under a somewhat different perspective from those that are usually presented in the literature that circulates through the main bibliographic circuits, those that usually come from psychology, linguistics and, increasingly, from neurosciences. A look is proposed here that emphasizes the link of these concepts with different regions of the conceptual space that we inhabit, which opens reflexive instances that are revealed in their maximum expression when we give ourselves to review or question certain assumed or inherited understandings about said concepts. This journey goes through strong statements, sometimes intentionally careless and free of nuances, which above all seek provocation, open debates, reactions and new productions, before taking care of the style and coverage of all the flanks. He does not resist humor or everyday text, he exposes himself, in short, he tries to open rather than close the conversation. People are complex beings, beings of institutions, of language, we are not bodies nor are we inside them; our limits are not cut in space but, without a doubt, they go beyond our body.