Abstract
In this theoretical and analytical study, supported by the Discourse Analysis, we reflect upon the functioning of language in relation to the knowledge production and sociohistorically shared meanings, considering that it is not possible to constitute the world without language. The hypothesis is that the functioning of the body, the production of meanings and the process of scientific knowledge production are similar to the functioning of language, because everything is language. In order to investigate that, we explore the relation between language, emptiness, silence and meaning(s), starting from a tale by Kafka and the Heidegger’s metaphor the pot and the potter, without losing sight of the knowledge production process and its relation with language and interpretation. Our analysis suggests that the essence, real object, or the substance is not in the core of the knowledge production, but rather the silence, emptiness, barrier and contradiction.
Keywords:
Scientific Knowledge; Exteriority; Language; Discourse Analysis