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08:2508:25, 15 April 2026 diff hist +17,199 N Sandbox 2 Created page with " = The Topography of Thought: A Four-Day Philosophical Survey of the Parisian Book Trade = The urban morphology of Paris is uniquely defined by its bibliographic density, a phenomenon sustained by centuries of intellectual labor and modern legislative protections. Central to this economy is the independent bookstore, which serves as both a commercial entity and a site of cultural preservation. The Parisian book trade is not a monolithic industry but a fragmented ecosyste..." current Tag: Visual edit
08:0608:06, 15 April 2026 diff hist +19,638 N Marquinhos - Livrarias em Paris Created page with " = The Topography of Thought: A Four-Day Philosophical Survey of the Parisian Book Trade = The urban morphology of Paris is uniquely defined by its bibliographic density, a phenomenon sustained by centuries of intellectual labor and modern legislative protections. Central to this economy is the independent bookstore, which serves as both a commercial entity and a site of cultural preservation. The Parisian book trade is not a monolithic industry but a fragmented ecosyste..." current Tag: Visual edit

08:4508:45, 28 December 2025 diff hist +66,508 N Machado de Assis - Alinhamento Cognitivo Created page with "== '''De Medíocre a Obra-Prima? Por Que a Formação do Gênio em Machado Aparece Como Ruptura e Não Como Evolução Estética''' == === '''Resumo''' === Este artigo revisita uma das questões mais persistentes da crítica machadiana: como um autor cujos primeiros romances são amplamente considerados competentes, mas medíocres, pôde emergir de forma súbita, com a publicação de ''Memórias Póstumas de Brás Cubas'' (1880), como um dos grandes inovadores do roman..." current Tag: Visual edit
08:4108:41, 28 December 2025 diff hist +66,467 N Machado de Assis - De Medíocre a Obra-Prima? Created page with "=== '''De Medíocre a Obra-Prima? Por Que a Formação do Gênio em Machado Aparece Como Ruptura e Não Como Evolução Estética''' === '''Resumo''' Este artigo revisita uma das questões mais persistentes da crítica machadiana: como um autor cujos primeiros romances são amplamente considerados competentes, mas medíocres, pôde emergir de forma súbita, com a publicação de ''Memórias Póstumas de Brás Cubas'' (1880), como um dos grandes inovadores do romance mod..." current Tag: Visual edit

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19:5819:58, 24 October 2025 diff hist +448 N Sandbox 1 Created page with "{| class="wikitable" ! List of Aspies !! List of Aspies (GPT) |- | Isaac Newton Albert Einstein Charles Darwin Nikola Tesla Alan Turing Glenn Gould Simone de Beauvoir Vincent van Gogh Emily Dickinson Ludwig Wittgenstein || Socrates William Shakespeare Herman Melville Otto von Bismarck Arthur Schopenhauer Hans Christian Andersen Andy Warhol Steve Jobs Gerard Manley Hopkins Graciliano Ramos |}"
19:4719:47, 24 October 2025 diff hist +1,932 Main Page No edit summary current Tag: Manual revert
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16:3216:32, 14 October 2025 diff hist +922,814 N A Origem da Consciência no Colapso da Mente Bicameral Created page with "JULIAN JAYNES A ORIGEM DA CONSCIÊNCIA NO COLAPSO DA MENTE BICAMERAL JULIAN JAYNES SOCIETY A ORIGEM DA CONSCIÊNCIA NO COLAPSO DA MENTE BICAMERAL JULIAN JAYNES Julian Jaynes Society Copyright © 2020 by the Julian Jaynes Society Todos os direitos reservados. Nenhuma parte deste livro pode ser reproduzida ou utilizada sob qualquer forma ou meio, eletrônico ou mecânico, incluindo fotocópias, gravações ou por qualquer sistema de armazenamento ou recuperaçã..." current Tag: Visual edit

12:1512:15, 9 October 2025 diff hist +53,825 N Socrates and the Autism Spectrum: Michael Fitzgerald’s Theory and Other Perspectives Created page with " == Introduction == Socrates – the Athenian philosopher renowned for his relentless questioning and devotion to reason – has been admired for millennia as a paragon of rational thought. In recent years, however, a provocative question has emerged at the crossroads of philosophy and neuropsychiatry: Could Socrates have exhibited traits of autism spectrum disorder (ASD)? This idea first gained mainstream attention through the work of Irish psychiatrist Michael Fitzgera..." current Tag: Visual edit

08:1908:19, 27 September 2025 diff hist +24,566 N Succeeding in College with Asperger Syndrome (2004) Created page with " === Title: ''Succeeding in College with Asperger Syndrome'' (2004) === '''Authors''': John Harpur, Maria Lawlor, Michael Fitzgerald '''Category''': Life Strategy / Educational Adaptation / Foundational Aspie Literature '''Tags''': #MichaelFitzgerald #AspieSuccess #Monotropism #Literalism #AutisticNavigation #HigherEducation #AspieCognitionInPractice ---- == PART I — CONTEXTUAL GROUNDING: THE ASPERGER COGNITION ENTERS THE UNIVERSITY == ---- === 🔍 1.0 Overview an..." current Tag: Visual edit
08:0208:02, 27 September 2025 diff hist +29,577 N Challenging DSM 5 Conference – Trinity College, Dublin, Ireland – November 2013 Created page with "== Summary == Between the '''Trinity College “Challenging DSM-5” conference (2013)''' and the '''World Autism Association lecture in Houston (2018)''', Michael Fitzgerald advanced a consistent argument: DSM-5’s narrow, instrument-driven model of autism—especially its reliance on ADI-R/ADOS and the removal of Asperger’s—systematically under-recognizes the breadth of autistic lives, particularly those with verbal ability, selective reciprocity, and creative int..." current Tag: Visual edit
07:5307:53, 27 September 2025 diff hist +21,328 N Autism beyond DSM 5 – World Autism Association Lecture, Houston, Texas, USA Created page with "== Autism Beyond DSM-5: Contradiction, Creativity, and the Cognitive Revolution == == By Michael Fitzgerald == == (Adapted and expanded from his World Autism Association Lecture, Houston, Texas, November 2018) == == Diagnosis and the Contradictory Nature of Autism (~1000 words) == === ❖ INTRODUCTION: THE DSM VERSUS REALITY === Modern psychiatry’s approach to autism is still encumbered by a structural flaw: its classification systems are often too narrow, too stat..." current Tag: Visual edit
07:4207:42, 27 September 2025 diff hist +45 The Genesis of Artistic Creativity: Michael Fitzgerald at the 11th International Congress on Psychopharmacology No edit summary current Tag: Visual edit
07:4107:41, 27 September 2025 diff hist +40,095 N The Genesis of Artistic Creativity: Michael Fitzgerald at the 11th International Congress on Psychopharmacology Created page with "== Introduction == ''The Genesis of Artistic Creativity: Genius Genes and Autism'' is a lecture delivered by Professor Michael Fitzgerald (Ireland) at the 11th International Congress on Psychopharmacology and the 7th International Symposium on Child and Adolescent Psychopharmacology, held in 2019. The talk was organized by the Turkish Association for Psychopharmacology. Video link: YouTube – The Genesis of Artistic Creativity: Genius Genes and Autism ---- == Summary..." Tag: Visual edit

16:0016:00, 26 September 2025 diff hist +10,237 Socrates in the Cave: On the Philosopher’s Motive in Plato (2019) No edit summary current Tag: Visual edit
15:5815:58, 26 September 2025 diff hist +10,493 N Socrates in the Cave: On the Philosopher’s Motive in Plato (2019) Created page with "{{DISPLAYTITLE:''Socrates in the Cave: On the Philosopher’s Motive in Plato (2019) ''}} == '''Overview (Primary source)''' == ''Socrates in the Cave'' is a 2019 edited volume (Palgrave Macmillan) in the “Recovering Political Philosophy” series, curated by Paul J. Diduch and Michael P. Harding. The book gathers scholars to address a deceptively simple problem with far-reaching consequences: '''what motivates Plato’s Socrates to speak and act as he does, and why do..." Tag: Visual edit: Switched
15:3815:38, 26 September 2025 diff hist +19,697 N Recursive Logic and Aspie Cognition in Socratic Dialogue and Platonic Philosophy Created page with "== '''Overview''' == This entry explores how Socratic dialogues and Platonic writings mirror certain autistic cognitive styles – such as '''monotropism''' (intense focus), '''hyper-systemizing''' (rule-based thinking), '''literalism''', '''detail-focused coherence''', and '''recursive closure''' – described by Fitzgerald, Baron-Cohen and others. We argue that Socratic dialectic’s question–answer–reversal cycle and Platonic formalisms instantiate a kind of “As..." current Tag: Visual edit

16:1116:11, 25 September 2025 diff hist +18,969 Socrates as an Aspie Philosopher: Scholarship and Analysis No edit summary current Tag: Visual edit
14:3014:30, 25 September 2025 diff hist +16,521 N Socrates as an Aspie Philosopher: Scholarship and Analysis Created page with "== 1. Introduction == '''Classical scholars''' have long noted Socrates’ unusual character – ironic, enigmatic, and often puzzling. Nicholas D. Smith, for example, calls Socrates “one of the most important yet enigmatic philosophers”. In a Straussian vein, Christopher Bruell (drawing on Leo Strauss) likewise emphasizes the inscrutability of Socrates, noting how “enigmatic Socrates was” in his influence on diverse followersacademia.edu. Michael Pangle and Cath..." Tag: Visual edit

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07:0407:04, 24 September 2025 diff hist +13,563 N Socrates, Plato, and Aristotle Created page with "= Were Socrates, Plato, and Aristotle on the Autism Spectrum? = == Socrates – Speculations of Autistic Traits == * '''BBC News (2004) – “Brilliant minds linked to autism”''' – ''Prof. Michael Fitzgerald (psychiatrist)'' explicitly suggested that several historical geniuses '''“including Socrates…probably had a form of autism”''' (Asperger’s syndrome) . Fitzgerald based this claim on analyses of Socrates’ described behaviors (e.g. social aloofness, s..." current Tag: Visual edit

19:2019:20, 23 September 2025 diff hist +10,003 N Apology (Plato) Created page with " '''Short definition.''' ''Apology'' (Ancient Greek: Ἀπολογία Σωκράτους; Latin: ''Apologia Socratis'') is Plato’s dramatic record of Socrates’ self‑defense at his 399 BC trial on charges of '''impiety''' and '''corrupting the youth'''. Read through the AspiePedia lens, the speech is not courtroom “oratory” but a live demonstration of '''autistic cognition under pressure'''—monotropic focus, hyper‑systemizing (elenchus), literalism, affec..." current Tag: Visual edit
18:3318:33, 23 September 2025 diff hist +34,878 N Socrates Created page with " == Introduction & Early Life == ---- === == Introduction == === Socrates (c. 470–399 BCE) stands as the foundational figure of Western philosophy precisely because his autistic cognitive profile rendered him unable to accept socially inherited truths without scrutiny. His legacy—the Socratic method, intellectual paradoxes, and moral absolutism—emerges directly from what today we would classify as '''Asperger cognition''': a life structured by monotropism, literal..." Tag: Visual edit
17:2617:26, 23 September 2025 diff hist +84,398 N Autism as a Way of Being: A Comprehensive Research Perspective Created page with "== Introduction == Autism has long been misunderstood as a separate “thing” a person ''has'' – an affliction layered on top of an otherwise “normal” individual. However, autistic advocates like Jim Sinclair have powerfully argued that ''“Autism isn’t something a person has, or a ‘shell’ that a person is trapped inside… Autism is a way of being”''. In Sinclair’s seminal 1993 essay ''“Don’t Mourn for Us,”'' he implored parents and professional..." current Tag: Visual edit
14:2514:25, 23 September 2025 diff hist +7,210 N The Flash of Lightning Behind the Mountain 2 Created page with "{{DISPLAYTITLE:''The Flash of Lightning Behind the Mountain 2''}} == 🔍 Overview: Autistic Form as Poetic Engine == Charles Bukowski’s ''The Flash of Lightning Behind the Mountain'' is not simply a collection of poems from a gruff outsider; it is a text deeply structured by autistic cognitive aesthetics. While Bukowski may not have identified with any diagnosis, his poetic ''form'' (recursive, literalist, emotionally displaced, structurally obsessive) exhibits an un..." current Tag: Visual edit
14:2314:23, 23 September 2025 diff hist +8,548 N The Flash of Lightning Behind the Mountain Created page with "{{DISPLAYTITLE:''The Flash of Lightning Behind the Mountain''}} == Introduction == ''The Flash of Lightning Behind the Mountain'' is a posthumously published collection of previously uncollected poems by Charles Bukowski, assembled from drafts found after his death. The volume captures the core traits of autistic cognition filtered through Bukowski’s idiosyncratic writing lens: sensory acuteness, rigid routine, emotionally flattened prose, perseveration on internal sc..." current Tag: Visual edit
14:1414:14, 23 September 2025 diff hist +85,960 N Shakespeare - Sonnets Created page with "== Diagnostic Report for '''Selected Sonnets of Shakespeare (Fair Youth & Dark Lady)''' == '''0. Snapshot''' * '''Text Type & Context:''' A curated set of William Shakespeare’s sonnets (14-line lyric poems, English, c.1590s; published 1609) drawn from both the Fair Youth (Sonnets 1–126) and Dark Lady (Sonnets 127–152) sequences. The selection totals about a dozen sonnets (~170 lines) addressing themes of love, time, beauty, and betrayal in highly crafted verse. *..." current Tag: Visual edit
12:3512:35, 23 September 2025 diff hist +17,648 N TotalAsperger Literary Theory Created page with "''TotalAsperger Literary Theory'' (often abbreviated '''TATL''') is a neurocognitive approach to literature that explains the '''form'''and '''making''' of certain works as the direct outgrowth of autistic cognition (historically termed Asperger’s syndrome). Unlike interpretive frameworks that act as '''lenses''' applied to a finished text, TATL presents an '''origin model''': when a writer’s mind-style is autistic, the resultant text bears identifiable formal signat..." current Tag: Visual edit

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16:1016:10, 19 September 2025 diff hist +27,994 N Jim Sinclair and the Origins of “Don’t Mourn for Us” Created page with " '''Jim Sinclair’s Background and the 1993 Essay:''' Jim Sinclair is an autistic activist and a co-founder of Autism Network International (ANI), one of the first autistic-run advocacy organizations. In 1993, Sinclair delivered a keynote address titled ''“Don’t Mourn for Us”'' at the International Conference on Autism in Torontolink.springer.com. This powerful speech was later published in the ANI newsletter ''Our Voice'' (Volume 1, Number 3, 1993)link.springer.c..." current Tag: Visual edit
11:1911:19, 19 September 2025 diff hist +2,441 N Why AspiePedia? Created page with "The choice of name for this encyclopedia is deliberate. While the DSM-5 (2013) removed Asperger syndrome as a separate diagnosis and folded it into the broader “autism spectrum disorder,” recent research shows that this unification erased important distinctions. '''1. Clinical Distinctiveness''' Stephen Edelson’s large comparative study (''Genes'', 2022) demonstrated that individuals with Asperger syndrome differ systematically from other autism presentations. Th..." current Tag: Visual edit
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12:3512:35, 18 September 2025 diff hist +26,722 N Philosophical Investigations Created page with "{{DISPLAYTITLE:''Philosophical Investigations''}} == Introduction == === From Picture to Practice: ''Investigations'' as an Autistic Operating System for Language === Wittgenstein’s ''Philosophical Investigations'' is best read not as a loose scrapbook of observations but as a '''cognitive artifact''': a system he engineered to regulate how language is used, tested, and repaired in real time. Externally it is a book of ''Bemerkungen'' (“remarks”) published posthu..." current Tag: Visual edit
11:5711:57, 18 September 2025 diff hist +83,391 N Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus Created page with "{{DISPLAYTITLE:''Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus''}} == I. Introduction — A Cognitive Artifact, Not Just a Book == The ''Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus'' is not merely a seminal work of analytic philosophy – it is an autistic cognitive artifact, a machine of thought built to the exacting specifications of an autistic mind. Ludwig Wittgenstein’s only book-length publication in his lifetime, the ''Tractatus'' has the outward form of a treatise on logic and language,..." current Tag: Visual edit: Switched
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11:5411:54, 18 September 2025 diff hist +120,481 N Hamlet Created page with "{{DISPLAYTITLE:''Hamlet''}} == Hamlet as an Autistic Cognitive System == '''Hamlet''' is a tragedy by William Shakespeare, written around 1600, and is his longest play. In this AspiePedia reimagining, ''Hamlet'' is interpreted through the lens of autistic cognition and creativity, applying psychiatrist Michael Fitzgerald’s “TotalAsperger” model and concepts from Autistic Cognitive Aesthetics (ACA) and the Aspieness Text Scale (ATS). Under this framework, the play..." Tag: Visual edit

16:2316:23, 17 September 2025 diff hist +104,665 N William Shakespeare Created page with "== == Introduction == == William Shakespeare (1564–1616) was an English playwright, poet, and actor whose monumental body of work and linguistic creativity have long defined the pinnacle of English literature. Through the lens of modern autism research, Shakespeare’s life and art can be reinterpreted as reflecting a distinctly autistic cognitive profile. Psychiatrists Michael Fitzgerald and Zehanne Kenny speculated that producing Shakespeare’s vast and intricate oe..." current Tag: Visual edit

09:0709:07, 8 September 2025 diff hist +14,351 N Michelangelo Created page with "= Michelangelo = ''Companion dossier: Michelangelo — Aspie Scale'' == Introduction == Michelangelo Buonarroti is best read as a high‑ability autistic whose artistic breakthroughs arose from monotropic focus, intolerance for interference, and solitary working practices. Contemporary witnesses called him “solitary and melancholy… [with] incredibly squalid” domestic habits and an aversion to pupils, which maps to social reciprocity differences and sensory..." current
09:0209:02, 8 September 2025 diff hist +13,406 N Konrad Adenauer Created page with "== Introduction == Konrad Adenauer (1876–1967), the first Chancellor of the Federal Republic of Germany, presents a compelling case for retrospective diagnosis of autism spectrum disorder under the Michael Fitzgerald framework. His lifelong profile reflects profound monotropism, executive functioning imbalances, ritualistic behavior, extreme systemizing tendencies, and deep deficits in social cognition and empathy — all structured by a quintessentially autistic cogn..." current
08:3008:30, 8 September 2025 diff hist +19,397 N Psychopathy: Risk Factors, Behavioral Symptoms and Treatment Options Created page with "```mediawiki {{DISPLAYTITLE:''Psychopathy: Risk Factors, Behavioral Symptoms and Treatment Options''}} '''Psychopathy: Risk Factors, Behavioral Symptoms and Treatment Options''' is a 2014 edited scholarly volume by Michael Fitzgerald, published by Nova Science Publishers. The book examines psychopathy from multiple research and clinical perspectives, bringing together contributions from international experts to provide comprehensive coverage of this complex p..." current
08:2908:29, 8 September 2025 diff hist +17,927 N Recent Advances in Autism Spectrum Disorders Created page with "{{DISPLAYTITLE:''Recent Advances in Autism Spectrum Disorders''}} '''Recent Advances in Autism Spectrum Disorders''' is a two-volume open-access research anthology edited by Michael Fitzgerald and published by InTechOpen. Volume I was published in 2013 and Volume II in 2014, compiling cutting-edge developments in autism spectrum disorder research through the early 2010s.<ref name="sage_handbook">The SAGE Handbook of Personality and Individual Differences. htt..." current
08:2808:28, 8 September 2025 diff hist +16,072 N Handbook of Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder Created page with "{{DISPLAYTITLE:''Handbook of Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder''}} '''Handbook of Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder''' is a 2007 comprehensive academic reference work edited by Michael Fitzgerald, Mark Bellgrove, and Michael Gill, published by John Wiley & Sons. This authoritative handbook brings together cutting-edge research on the etiology, assessment, and treatment of ADHD across the lifespan, covering genetic factors, neuroimaging f..." current
08:2608:26, 8 September 2025 diff hist +16,763 N Succeeding in College with Asperger's Syndrome: A Student Guide Created page with "{{DISPLAYTITLE:''Succeeding with Interventions for Asperger Syndrome Adolescents: A Guide to Communication and Socialisation in Interaction Therapy''}} '''Succeeding with Interventions for Asperger Syndrome Adolescents: A Guide to Communication and Socialisation in Interaction Therapy''' is a 2006 book by John Harpur, Maria Lawlor, and Michael Fitzgerald, published by Jessica Kingsley Publishers. This follow-up handbook focuses specifically on therapeutic..." current
08:2308:23, 8 September 2025 diff hist +16,253 N Succeeding with Interventions for Asperger Syndrome Adolescents: A Guide to Communication and Socialisation in Interaction Therapy Created page with "```mediawiki {{DISPLAYTITLE:''Succeeding in College with Asperger's Syndrome: A Student Guide''}} '''Succeeding in College with Asperger's Syndrome: A Student Guide''' is a 2004 book by John Harpur, Maria Lawlor, and Michael Fitzgerald, published by Jessica Kingsley Publishers. The work provides a comprehensive practical guide for young adults on the autism spectrum navigating third-level education, covering strategies for academic success, independen..." current
08:2108:21, 8 September 2025 diff hist +15,426 N Asperger Syndrome: A Gift or a Curse? Created page with "```mediawiki {{DISPLAYTITLE:''Asperger Syndrome: A Gift or a Curse?''}} '''Asperger Syndrome: A Gift or a Curse?''' is a 2005 edited volume by Viktoria Lyons and Michael Fitzgerald, published by Nova Science Publishers. The book examines the complex question of whether Asperger syndrome should be understood as conferring special talents and abilities or as a disabling condition requiring intervention and support.<ref name="ebay_gift">Asperger Syndrome: A..." current

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