ArticleOpen Access http://dx.doi.org/10.26855/jla.2025.06.009
The Contribution of the Theory of Non-knowledge to the Current State of Philosophy and Literature
Euclides Barbosa Ramos de Souza
Universidade Federal da Paraíba, João Pessoa 58051-900, Paraíba, Brazil.
*Corresponding author: Euclides Barbosa Ramos de Souza
Published: August 25,2025
Abstract
This article proposes a conceptual intervention in the contemporary field of Philosophy and Literature through the Theory of Non-Knowledge (TNK), a philosophical proposal that rejects the possibility of knowledge as a stable, coherent, and totalizable entity. TNK, by introducing the notion of Nullification as an epistemic operation and the category of X (NS) as a valid form of conceptual manipulation, radically redefines the ways in which philosophy and literature articulate, denying their traditional distinction, their regimes of meaning, and their claim to truth. It is argued that TNK offers a radical alternative to the hermeneutic paradigm, to deconstruction, and to the aesthetics of the ineffable.
Keywords
Philosophy; Literature; Theory of non-knowledge; Nullification; New science
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.22533/at.ed.750112524035
How to cite this paper
The Contribution of the Theory of Non-knowledge to the Current State of Philosophy and Literature
How to cite this paper: Euclides Barbosa Ramos de Souza. (2025). The Contribution of the Theory of Non-knowledge to the Current State of Philosophy and Literature. Journal of Literature Advances, 2(1), 57-63.
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.26855/jla.2025.06.009