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| author | Souza, Euclides |
| author_facet | Souza, Euclides |
| contents | <p><span lang="EN-US">This paper proposes a formal and non-normative account of <em>normality</em> grounded in the Theory of Non-Knowledge (TNK). Against statistical, psychological, moral, and epistemic conceptions, we argue that normality is not a property of agents, beliefs, or systems, but a <span>nullificatory stabilization of contradiction</span> within language and practice. By treating contemporary domains—semantic paradoxes, spiritual discourse, mental disorders, non-orthodox physics, libidinal action, and social coordination—as manifestations of structurally unavoidable inconsistency, we show that appeals to “normality” function as <span>meta-negations</span> that close action without resolving meaning. Normality, thus reconceived, is neither truth nor health, but a contingent operational threshold produced by nullification.</span></p> |
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| id | zenodo_https___doi_org_10_5281_zenodo_18449499 |
| institution | Zenodo |
| language | eng |
| publishDate | 2026 |
| publisher | Zenodo |
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| spellingShingle | Normality After Knowledge: A TNK Account of Contemporary Pathologies Souza, Euclides <p><span lang="EN-US">This paper proposes a formal and non-normative account of <em>normality</em> grounded in the Theory of Non-Knowledge (TNK). Against statistical, psychological, moral, and epistemic conceptions, we argue that normality is not a property of agents, beliefs, or systems, but a <span>nullificatory stabilization of contradiction</span> within language and practice. By treating contemporary domains—semantic paradoxes, spiritual discourse, mental disorders, non-orthodox physics, libidinal action, and social coordination—as manifestations of structurally unavoidable inconsistency, we show that appeals to “normality” function as <span>meta-negations</span> that close action without resolving meaning. Normality, thus reconceived, is neither truth nor health, but a contingent operational threshold produced by nullification.</span></p> |
| title | Normality After Knowledge: A TNK Account of Contemporary Pathologies |
| url | https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.18449499 |