Between Philosophy and Literature

Paraphilosophy and Narrative Knowledge from the Colombian Thinker Nodier Botero

Abstract

In this article we review the relationship between philosophy and literature as a central element of the work of the Colombian thinker Nodier Botero Jiménez, with the intention of exposing in a practical way the correspondences between both disciplines. For this, we will talk about the meeting points between philosophy and literature from literary criticism and theory, the philosophical reading of literary discourse as an instrument of uncovering and deepening of the final causes, in addition, we will wonder whether philosophy is equivalent to literature, extending the discussion on the diffuse stylistic limits, without ignoring that their intentions are expressions of different knowledge. For the development of the above, we will contrast different conceptual approaches such as Musil's Kakania with the dialectic of the positive-rational moment, Roth's erotics with Kant's aesthetic critique, Borge's fiction with today's hyperconnected world, among others.

In this article we intend to review part of the work of a Colombian thinker who made of heterodox depth his flag as a scribe when thinking about the relationship between philosophy and literature: Professor Nodier Botero. A man whose theoretical delectations were of an overflowing intensity, coming to relate conceptual diversities such as Musil's Kakania with the dialectics of the positive-rational moment, Roth's erotics with Kant's aesthetic critique, Borgean fiction with today's hyperconnected world, among many others.