Reason, Morality, Philosophy of Language

While the attention to Kant's 'Categorical Imperative' tends to focus on its classification as 'categorical', its more significant component is that it is an imperative.  For, as an imperative, it is verbal, thereby evincing that Reason, specifically the Principle of Pure Practical Reason, is, essentially, linguistic.  That is, the essential moment of the Principle--its role in determining a course of action--is as a linguistic formulation, evaluating other linguistic constructions, i. e. maxims.  In other words, Kant's doctrine is constituted by a perhaps unprecedented convergence of Reason, Morality, and Language, in which Language emerges crystallized as Reason, representing itself as the a priori autonomous basis of social cohesion.  As such, the doctrine can be characterized as a 'Philosophy of Language', meaning: not 'a theory about Language', but: a 'doctrine, the source of which is Language'.