For Lacan the real only becomes graspable through symbolic inscription.

Evidence

The real thus fully projects itself into the field of the symbolic, of the world where we expect it, where we understand it, and where we encounter it. — Catherine Malabou, The New Wounded, 2938

Categorization

• DEFINE: Clarifies Lacan’s claim about how the real relates to the symbolic field — the real is only accessible once projected into the symbolic.
• XREF: connects to: Lacan’s Thing smuggles the Real back into representation, restoring lack — Catherine Malabou, The New Wounded: From Neurosis to Brain…, 2853; Reality is grasped only as a series of further representations

Broader Connections

• Reality is grasped only as a series of further representations #corroborates (0.85)