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Heidegger's Being and Time Explained
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Existentiality
Denotes the characteristic of Dasein which makes it fundamentally a being possible, capable of projection and understanding its own existence.
Inauthenticity
A mode of existence where Dasein is lost in the 'they' and does not embrace its ownmost potentiality-for-Being.
Das Man ('the They')
Represents the anonymous collective that often dictates norms and behaviors, leading to an inauthentic way of existing.
Dasein
Refers to the human being as a 'being-there', highlighting the distinctive way in which humans engage with the world.
Being-with (Mitsein)
Refers to the inherently social aspect of human existence, the fact that Dasein is always already in a world shared with other Daseins.
Authenticity
Represents a mode of existence characterized by Dasein's owning up to its ownmost potentiality-for-Being.
Ready-to-hand
Describes objects in the way they are integrated into our practical understanding and activities, often not consciously perceived.
Being-towards-death
Refers to the way in which Dasein relates to its own finite existence and potentiality for not-being.
Fallenness
Captures the tendency of Dasein to lose itself in the ordinary and everyday mode of existence, thereby drifting from authenticity.
Present-at-hand
A way of encountering objects not through use, but through detached contemplation or theoretical investigation.
Sorge (Care)
Fundamental characteristic of Dasein, it represents the way in which Dasein is always already involved with and concerned about its own being.
Care structure
Denotes the interrelated aspects of existence that constitute Dasein's being: thrownness, projection, and fallenness.
Being-in-the-world
A unitary structure that states Dasein's fundamental relation to its environment, other beings, and its own self.
Thrownness (Geworfenheit)
Describes the pre-given condition of human existence as finding oneself already in a certain historical and cultural context.
Temporalität (Temporality)
Refers to the existential and ontological foundation of Dasein, which underlies all structures of its existence.
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