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Volume 2, Issue 3

Creativity as Containment: A Structural Analysis of Neurotypical Tolerance for Imagination and Intolerance for Intuition

Axel Andersen5 pages100 KB
Series:📚Disability Epistemology
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Abstract

This paper examines a persistent cultural phenomenon: neurotypical populations enthusiastically endorse 'creativity' while demonstrating marked discomfort toward intuition, shared consciousness, or other forms of non-linear knowing frequently reported by neurodivergent individuals. We propose that creativity is socially tolerated because it is symbolically contained within the domain of fiction, whereas intuition implies unsanctioned access to pattern recognition without hierarchical approval.

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