<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><mads xmlns="http://www.loc.gov/mads/" xmlns:mods="http://www.loc.gov/mods/v3" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://www.loc.gov/mads/
mads.xsd"><authority><topic authority="http://AATesaurus.cultura.gencat.cat/aat/getty_en">pataphysics</topic></authority><related type="other"><topic>metaphysics</topic></related><related type="other"><topic>pataphysicians</topic></related><related type="other"><topic>the Absurd</topic></related><related type="broader"><topic>historical, theoretical, and critical concepts</topic></related><variant type="other"><topic>&apos;Pataphysicks</topic></variant><variant type="other"><topic>&apos;pataphysical</topic></variant><variant type="other"><topic>&apos;pataphysics</topic></variant><variant type="other"><topic>pataphysical</topic></variant> <note xml:lang="en"><![CDATA[ Refers to a philosophy of the absurd, or knowledge that eludes rational notions of causation or scientific inquiry. Coinage of the term is attributed to the writer Alfred Jarry to describe a "science of imaginary solutions." The concept, though originally speculative or fictional, has inspired publications, artworks, a literary school, and a society known as the Collège de 'pataphysique. ]]></note></mads>