Dialectic’s essential-accidental oscillation proves its speculative content for Hegel

Evidence

Throughout its history, dialectic continually oscillates between its status as essential – Kant once again recognized it as ‘necessary to reason’ – and accidental discourse. For Hegel, this proves its high speculative content. The basic tension constituting it is the very pulse and vital spark of thought. The dialectic of the origin is inscribed within the very origin of dialectic as a concept. — Catherine Malabou, The Future of Hegel, 1123

Categorization

• DEFINE: Explains why the contradiction at dialectic’s definition is itself dialectical: the tension is the pulse of thought, and its origin mirrors origination.
• XREF: Directly relevant to the reader’s stated goal of tracing plasticity via Hegel — the essential/accidental oscillation is central to plasticity’s logic. — connects to: Dialectic’s history of oscillation between essential and accidental proves its speculative power; The Kantian noumenon-phenomenon dualism mirrors the agency-system oscillation — Fredric Jameson, Postmodernism, or, The Cultural Logic…, 706

Broader Connections

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