Skeptical dialectic shows equal necessity for contradictory determinations, yielding nullity

Evidence

Besides the fact that dialectic is generally regarded as contingent, it usually takes the following more precise form. It is shown that there belongs to some subject matter or other, for example the world, motion, point, and so on, some determination or other, for example (taking the objects in the order named), finitude in space and time, presence in this place, absolute negation of space; but further, that with equal necessity the opposite determination also belongs to the subject matter… . Now the conclusion drawn from dialectic of this kind is in general the contradiction and nullity of the assertions made. — Catherine Malabou, The Future of Hegel, 1122

Categorization

• DEFINE: Presents the skeptical/negative form of dialectic as Hegel characterizes and quotes it — contradictory predicates claimed with equal necessity.
• XREF: connects to: Thinking must hold dialectic and its opposite together at once — Theodor W. Adorno, Minima Moralia: Reflections from…, 170; Believing contradictions works because the mind can simply exclude the conflicting object from attention — Jeremy Bentham, The Panopticon Writings, 618; Philosophical propositions dialectically preserve, suppress, and present their cancelled form (+7 more)

Broader Connections

• Thinking must hold dialectic and its opposite together at once #expands (0.85) — Theodor W. Adorno, Minima Moralia, 170
• Philosophical propositions dialectically preserve, suppress, and present their cancelled form #expands (0.80)
• Dialectic’s history of oscillation between essential and accidental proves its speculative power #corroborates (0.80)
• Believing contradictions works because the mind can simply exclude the conflicting object from attention #contradicts (0.75) — Jeremy Bentham, The Panopticon Writings, 618
• Dialectical thinking contradicts vulgar common sense’s demand for certainties. #responds-to (0.75) — Antonio Gramsci, Selections from the Prison Notebooks, 1549
• A claim’s falsity does not bar it from structuring thought #complicates (0.75) — Michel Foucault, Society Must Be Defended, 179
• People hold logically contradictory beliefs when elements aren’t subjectively linked. #contradicts (0.75)
• Stereotype rationalizations are tautologically essentialist and self-contradictory yet retained #exemplifies (0.75) — , Rudman, Laurie A - On the Nature of…, 1371