Abstract

URTUBEY, Pedro Ignacio. Science and Metaphysics in El problema del genio of Macedonio Fernández: an interstice in the polarity Spiritualism/Positivism on the Argentina’s turns of the century. Estud. filos. práct. hist. ideas [online]. 2019, vol.21, n.2, pp.1-22. ISSN 1851-9490.

This article focuses on the writing of philosopher and intellectual Macedonio Fernández, entitled El problema del genio, published in 1902 in Archivos, an iconic magazine of the positivism of the time. Its aim is to thoroughly analyze the above mentioned text, trying to bring to light three fundamental intertwined topics that appear through it, namely: the theory of the humorous, conceptualized by Macedonio itself; the influence of german philosopher Arthur Schopenhauer on it, and the syncretism between science and metaphysics in Macedonio’s Eudemonología. The hypothesis of this article establishes that, although El problema del genio is at odds with the positivism of Archivos, at the same time it represents a meaningful position because of its singularity, in as much it tries to bring together contributions both from spiritualism and positivism, constituting therefore an original point of view in the context of philosophical debates at the turn of the century in Argentina.

Keywords : Spiritualism; Positivism; Argentinean Philosophy.