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Index Of Philosophy Articles (A–C)
__TOC__ ',-," * 'Pataphysics" 0–9 * 14th Dalai Lama * 16 Questions on the Assassination * 1649 in philosophy * 1658 in philosophy * 17th-century philosophy * 18th-century philosophy * 1919 United States anarchist bombings * 1922 in philosophy * 1926 in philosophy * 1962 in philosophy * 1972 in philosophy * 1973 in philosophy * 1974 in philosophy * 1975 in philosophy * 1976 in philosophy * 1977 in philosophy * 1978 in philosophy * 1979 in philosophy * 1980 in philosophy * 19th-century philosophy * 20th-century philosophy * 20th-century Western painting A * A-series and B-series * A Buyer's Market * A Calendar of Wisdom * A Conflict of Visions * A Contribution to the Critique of Political Economy * A Defence of Common Sense * A Defense of Abortion * A Dissertation on Liberty and Necessity, Pleasure and Pain * A Few Words on Non-Intervention * A Fórmula de Deus * A fortiori argument * A General View of Positivism * A Grief Observed * A Guide for the Perplexed * A Happy ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
'Pataphysics
Pataphysics (french: 'pataphysique) is a "philosophy" of science invented by French writer Alfred Jarry (1873–1907) intended to be a parody of science. Difficult to be simply defined or pinned down, it has been described as the "science of imaginary solutions". Introduction 'Pataphysics was a concept expressed by Jarry in a mock-scientific manner, with undertones of spoofing and quackery, as expounded in his novel ''Exploits and Opinions of Dr. Faustroll, Pataphysician''. Here, Jarry toyed with conventional concepts and interpretations of reality. Another attempt at a definition interprets 'pataphysics as an idea that "the virtual or imaginary nature of things as glimpsed by the heightened vision of poetry or science or love can be seized and lived as real". Jarry defines 'pataphysics in a number of statements and examples, including that it is "the science of imaginary solutions, which symbolically attributes the properties of objects, described by their virtuality, to their ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
