The ‘may-be’ belongs to no established modal category within philosophy
Evidence
It is a question here of a ‘may-be’ which the ‘possible’ as much as the ‘Being’, or their conjunction, would perhaps not correspond to any traditional philosophical modality, unless it responds again, more profoundly than ever, to what remains still in reserve, still repressed, held in respect by that which is called philosophy. — Catherine Malabou, The Future of Hegel, 126
Categorization
Category: Contrarian or Surprising Claims
- QUESTION: Worth chasing: what non-modal, non-ontological register would host the ‘dangerous may-be’ if both possibility and Being fail it?