Phenomenology and literature according to Julia Iribarne

Abstract

The relationship between philosophy and literature has been a central issue in Julia Iribarne’s reflection. The analysis of the conjunction between the works of J. L. Borges and E. Husserl is a distinctive way in which she explores the theme. This exploration chiefly consists in developing, as a kind of philosophical method, a conjectural approach to the metaphysical question of the meaning of life. In order to state her position on this problem she investigates how we should conduct our lives against a background of uncertainty. The outcome of her anthropological and metaphysical analysis can be stated briefly in terms that the meaning of our life lies in assuming responsibility for the others.