Absolute Knowledge’s stopping role must be necessity, not chance

Evidence

If we cannot establish exactly how the conclusive role of Absolute Knowledge is neither a question of chance nor an arbitrary decision, then the very credibility of Hegel’s philosophy – its future – will immediately be put into question. — Catherine Malabou, The Future of Hegel, 1002

Categorization

• XREF: Directly frames the book’s title concern — ‘the future of Hegel’ — as contingent on resolving the closure problem. — connects to: Thought should complete the hierarchy of importance in order to end it; Absolute Knowledge is knowledge of its own limit, not closed totality; Absolute Knowledge may be the end of all events and any possible event — Catherine Malabou, The Future of Hegel: Plasticity,…, 901 (+3 more)

Broader Connections

• Absolute Knowledge transforms sublation itself rather than halting the dialectic. #expands (0.90)
• Absolute Knowledge remains plastic, transforming individuals and their future expectations. #expands (0.88)
• Absolute Knowledge’s anonymity threatens to abolish individual interpretive initiative #responds-to (0.85) — Catherine Malabou, The Future of Hegel, 1135