• @Rolando
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    34 months ago

    You may be thinking of 'Pataphysics:

    the science of that which is superinduced upon metaphysics, whether within or beyond the latter’s limitations, extending as far beyond metaphysics as the latter extends beyond physics

    • @[email protected]
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      34 months ago

      'pataphysics is an extension of metaphysics - both of which extend the concept of “that which is beyond

      although connected - surrealism from the French for “under reality” is more about incongruity with what is real, but meta- and 'pata-physics are looking at what is beyond the physical.

      Dream-like things like a star with a face are surreal, something like an actual sentient star would be 'pataphysical