Rigidity in thought is a firmness that converts phenomena into resistant concepts

Evidence

Rigidity of being’ could simply mean ‘consistency of being’ (Halt), at once something firm, consequential, resistant (as, for example, in ‘resistance to time’, as time is more resistant than any and all phenomena). Rigidity represents the dialectical emergence of a quality that has absorbed its phenomenal quality. In thought’s determination a hardness of heart follows, for the concept’s effect will not be as ‘sensitive’ as that produced by the phenomenon. — Catherine Malabou, The Future of Hegel, 1027

Categorization

• DEFINE: Clarifies what Hegel means by ‘rigidity of being’ — consistency, firmness, resistance — and introduces the striking metaphor of ‘hardness of heart’ that follows concept-formation.
• XREF: connects to: What the mind repels is a positive force shaping its concepts — Herbert Marcuse, One-Dimensional Man: Studies in the…, 740; Absolute particulars gain rigidity precisely by being relational moments — Catherine Malabou, The Future of Hegel: Plasticity,…, 1061; Cognitive rigidity extends a physical property metaphor to describe thought resistance to change — John T. Jost and Jim Sidanius, Political Psychology, 572 (+4 more)

Broader Connections

• Cognitive rigidity extends a physical property metaphor to describe thought resistance to change #exemplifies (0.95) — John T. Jost and Jim Sidanius, Political Psychology, 572
• Cognitive rigidity falls off only at the far-left extreme #expands (0.85)
• Even abstract thought is built from physical and sensory metaphors #corroborates (0.80) — Sarah Bakewell, At the Existentialist Café, 728