Philosophical plasticity names both the thinker’s attitude and philosophy’s own form.

Evidence

The expression ‘philosophical plasticity’ must be understood in two different ways. On the one hand, it characterizes the philosophical attitude, the behaviour specific to the philosopher. On the other hand, it applies to philosophy itself, to its form and manner of being, that is to say, to that rhythm in which the speculative content is unfolded and presented. — Catherine Malabou, The Future of Hegel, 233

Categorization

• DEFINE: Key ambiguity: plasticity applies doubly to the philosophical subject AND to the rhythm of speculative exposition itself.
• XREF: This double sense of plasticity mirrors how the reader’s own project treats brain plasticity as both substratum and mode of experience. — connects to: Plastic individuality mediates between sculptural and philosophical plasticity.; Philosophy’s plastic activity moves through logic, nature, and spirit; Plasticity names the concept’s reflexive power to both give and receive its own figures — Catherine Malabou, The Future of Hegel: Plasticity,…, 68 (+8 more)

Broader Connections

• Plastic individuality mediates between sculptural and philosophical plasticity. #expands (0.75)
• Plasticity names the concept’s reflexive power to both give and receive its own figures #expands (0.72) — Catherine Malabou, The Future of Hegel, 68
• The intellect’s capacity to receive and give form originates its plasticity #expands (0.72) — Catherine Malabou, The Future of Hegel, 401
• Plasticity names the dialectical union of form-seizure and form-annihilation. #expands (0.72) — Catherine Malabou, The Future of Hegel, 247
• Hall’s thought transforms the thinker and his interlocutors jointly #expands (0.72) — Stuart Hall, Essential Essays, Volume 2, 1051
• Thinking must hold dialectic and its opposite together at once #expands (0.72) — Theodor W. Adorno, Minima Moralia, 170
• Philosophy’s plastic activity moves through logic, nature, and spirit #expands (0.70)
• Hegel ties plasticity directly to the speculative proposition’s form #expands (0.70) — Catherine Malabou, The Future of Hegel, 1132
• Plasticity requires the dissolution of the thinking subject rather than its ratiocinative control #expands (0.70) — Catherine Malabou, The Future of Hegel, 1249
• Philosophers both reflect their historical milieu and shape future institutions #expands (0.70) — Bertrand Russell, History of Western Philosophy, 32
• Relating to one’s brain as plasticity is an act of world-construction. #expands (0.70)