Mental derangement arises when a determination resists fluid integration into consciousness

Evidence

The subject finds itself in contradiction between the totality systematized in its consciousness, and the particular determination which, in itself, is not fluid and is not reduced to its proper place and rank. This is mental derangement (Verrücktheit). — Catherine Malabou, The Future of Hegel, 375

Categorization

• DEFINE: Defines Verrücktheit as the contradiction between systematized totality and an inflexible particular — a core diagnostic concept.
• XREF: connects to: Existing consciousness cannot veto insights that expose its own self-contradiction; A brilliant mind degrades when it closes itself to all input — Robert A. Caro, The Power Broker: Robert Moses and the…, 2082

Broader Connections

• Existing consciousness cannot veto insights that expose its own self-contradiction #expands (0.78)