Hegel ties plasticity directly to the speculative proposition’s form

Evidence

The project of such a hermeneutic appears from the outset of the Preface to the Phenomenology of Spirit, from the moment when Hegel announces specifically what the future of philosophy will be. As he says, it will consist of the passage from the predicative to the speculative proposition: ‘Only a philosophical exposition (philosophische Exposition) that rigidly excludes (strenge … ausschlöße) the usual way of relating the parts of a proposition could achieve the goal of plasticity (würde es erreichen, plastisch zu sein).’ — Catherine Malabou, The Future of Hegel, 1132

Categorization

• DEFINE: The passage from predicative to speculative proposition is precisely what Hegel calls ‘plastic’; this is the foundational text linking plasticity to propositional form.
• QUESTION: How exactly does excluding the usual way of relating propositional parts produce plasticity? Worth chasing the Phenomenology Preface passage.
• XREF: connects to: Hegel remains a thinker of the future against current philosophical suspicion; Plasticity for Hegel means the future exceeding itself and time exceeding itself — Catherine Malabou, The Future of Hegel: Plasticity,…, 210; Philosophical plasticity names both the thinker’s attitude and philosophy’s own form. — Catherine Malabou, The Future of Hegel: Plasticity,…, 233 (+4 more)

Broader Connections

• Speculative thought arises inside the proposition rather than through a separate form #expands (0.85) — Catherine Malabou, The Future of Hegel, 1139