Neurology offers a novel concept of the event free of accident and damage
Evidence
It is hardly surprising that deconstruction has never considered the fact that the contemporary neurological revolution—far from being a mere “scientific phenomenon” that threatens philosophy without being of any philosophical interest—is perhaps capable of offering a concept of the event that no longer owes anything to the traditional conception of the accident and of damage. — Catherine Malabou, The New Wounded, 4309
Categorization
- XREF: Challenges Derridean deconstruction’s neglect of neuroscience; resonates with the reader’s project of destructive plasticity as a concept that escapes the traditional accident/damage binary. — connects to: An event becomes a symptom only when external accident translates into lived experience — Catherine Malabou, The New Wounded: From Neurosis to Brain…, 1815; Neurology observes identity change from lesions without theorizing it — Catherine Malabou, The New Wounded: From Neurosis to Brain…, 3440; Neurological suffering poses the question of the psyche surviving its own annihilation — Catherine Malabou, The New Wounded: From Neurosis to Brain…, 1289 (+2 more)
Broader Connections
- Neurological suffering poses the question of the psyche surviving its own annihilation
#expands(0.78) — Catherine Malabou, The New Wounded, 1289 - Philosophy reveals how accidents become essential and essence becomes accidental
#expands(0.75) - Neurology observes identity change from lesions without theorizing it
#qualifies(0.72) — Catherine Malabou, The New Wounded, 3440 - An event requires both teleological necessity and aleatory accident to occur
#responds-to(0.70) — Catherine Malabou, The Future of Hegel, 54