Plasticity spans a graded range from determination to freedom

Evidence

Thus, with plasticity we are dealing with a concept that is not contradictory but graduated, because the very plasticity of its meaning situates it at the extremes of a formal necessity (the irreversible character of formation: determination) and of a remobilization of form (the capacity to form oneself otherwise, to displace, even to nullify determination: freedom). — Catherine Malabou, What Should We Do with Our Brain?, 67

Categorization

• DEFINE: The binocular definition: plasticity is graduated between closed determination and open freedom.
• XREF: connects to: Plasticity’s three determinations structure the modern character of self-consciousness and its self-determination. — Catherine Malabou, The Future of Hegel: Plasticity,…, 649; Plasticity’s future emerges from replaying rigid past forms — Catherine Malabou, The Future of Hegel: Plasticity,…, 1268; The modern moment is defined by three determinations of plasticity — Catherine Malabou, The Future of Hegel: Plasticity,…, 649 (+1 more)