ars gratia artis (la)

art for art's sake

dialethism (en)

the view that some statements can be both true and false simultaneously

hysterical realism (en)

a term coined in 2000 by English critic James Wood to describe what he sees as a literary genre typified by a strong contrast between elaborately absurd prose, plotting, or characterization, on the one hand, and careful, detailed investigations of real, specific social phenomena on the other (see DeLillo, Pynchon, DFW, Zadie Smith)

sequor ad absurdum (la)

follow to absurdity

syllogistic (en)

(noun) a deductive scheme of a formal argument consisting of a major and a minor premise and a conclusion (as in “every virtue is laudable; kindness is a virtue; therefore kindness is laudable”) / (noun) a subtle, specious, or crafty argument / (noun) deductive reasoning