It seems that any discussion of what "life" is, inevitably stresses the language used to the breaking point. This leads one to ponder the nature of meaning itse

It seems that any discussion of what "life" is, inevitably stresses the language used to the breaking point. This leads one to ponder the nature of meaning itself. Philosophers certainly have a head start on that one. The scientist solution is to fortify a small subset of language before going into battle, whereas philosophers appear to grow vast fields of language in the hope that meaning survives attack by virtue of diversity.