Language derives from an authorless original formation, an original plasticity

Evidence

Stoßen means ‘to bump against’, ‘to stumble across’, ‘to fall upon something’ in a metaphorical sense. One stumbles onto language, onto that part of it which falls to one’s share (qui vous échoit) and which is ‘found there’ as something to be picked up. Language is a stamped and hallmarked material (gestempelt), that sends us back to an original, authorless formation, an original plasticity. The naturalness of language allows us to experience an immemorial past. — Catherine Malabou, The Future of Hegel, 1158

Categorization

• DEFINE: Malabou anchors plasticity itself in Hegel’s philology of language as authorless, stamped material.
• XREF: Connects to the reader’s core project of grounding brain plasticity in Hegel’s concept of an original, pre-subjective formation. — connects to: Language is an authorless plastic formation through which speakers encounter an immemorial past — Catherine Malabou, The Future of Hegel: Plasticity,…, 1158; Plasticity manifests as the genuine production of new forms of discoursivity; Plasticity is understood as a verbal and conceptual schema

Broader Connections

• Language is an authorless plastic formation through which speakers encounter an immemorial past #corroborates (0.90) — Catherine Malabou, The Future of Hegel, 1158
• Plasticity manifests as the genuine production of new forms of discoursivity #expands (0.75)
• Plasticity is understood as a verbal and conceptual schema #expands (0.70)