Dasein (in his technical sense)
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Dasein (in Heidegger’s technical sense) is the human mode of being characterized by self-awareness, concernful engagement with the world, and the capacity to question its own existence.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Being-in-the-world | 1 |
| Dasein (in his technical sense) canonical | 1 |
| being-in-the-world (In-der-Welt-sein) | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
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Target entity: Dasein (in his technical sense) Context triple: [Martin Heidegger, conceptCoined, Dasein (in his technical sense)]
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thing-in-itself (noumenon)
The thing-in-itself (noumenon) is Kant’s term for reality as it exists independently of human perception and experience, in contrast to the world of appearances (phenomena).
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B.
Toward a Psychology of Being
Toward a Psychology of Being is a seminal humanistic psychology book by Abraham Maslow that explores self-actualization and the realization of human potential.
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Meaning and Necessity
"Meaning and Necessity" is a seminal work in analytic philosophy by Rudolf Carnap that develops a rigorous theory of meaning and modal logic using the framework of semantic analysis.
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D.
Über Sinn und Bedeutung
Über Sinn und Bedeutung is a seminal 1892 philosophical paper by Gottlob Frege that introduces the influential distinction between sense (Sinn) and reference (Bedeutung) in the philosophy of language and logic.
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E.
Doctrine of Being
The Doctrine of Being is the first major section of Hegel’s *Science of Logic*, where he analyzes the most basic categories of thought such as pure being, nothing, and becoming.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Target entity: Dasein (in his technical sense) Target entity description: Dasein (in Heidegger’s technical sense) is the human mode of being characterized by self-awareness, concernful engagement with the world, and the capacity to question its own existence.
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A.
thing-in-itself (noumenon)
The thing-in-itself (noumenon) is Kant’s term for reality as it exists independently of human perception and experience, in contrast to the world of appearances (phenomena).
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B.
Toward a Psychology of Being
Toward a Psychology of Being is a seminal humanistic psychology book by Abraham Maslow that explores self-actualization and the realization of human potential.
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C.
Meaning and Necessity
"Meaning and Necessity" is a seminal work in analytic philosophy by Rudolf Carnap that develops a rigorous theory of meaning and modal logic using the framework of semantic analysis.
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D.
Über Sinn und Bedeutung
Über Sinn und Bedeutung is a seminal 1892 philosophical paper by Gottlob Frege that introduces the influential distinction between sense (Sinn) and reference (Bedeutung) in the philosophy of language and logic.
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E.
Doctrine of Being
The Doctrine of Being is the first major section of Hegel’s *Science of Logic*, where he analyzes the most basic categories of thought such as pure being, nothing, and becoming.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
key concept in existential phenomenology
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ontological category ⓘ philosophical concept ⓘ |
| appearsIn | Being and Time ⓘ |
| centralTo | Heidegger’s fundamental ontology ⓘ |
| characterizedBy |
Being (Sein)
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surface form:
being-in-the-world
being-toward-death ⓘ capacity to question its own existence ⓘ care (Sorge) ⓘ concernful engagement with the world ⓘ facticity ⓘ finitude ⓘ projection ⓘ self-awareness ⓘ temporality ⓘ thrownness ⓘ understanding of Being ⓘ |
| definedBy | Martin Heidegger ⓘ |
| distinguishedFrom |
present-at-hand entities
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ready-to-hand equipment ⓘ |
| engagesWith |
its own possibilities
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practical concerns ⓘ |
| hasCapacity |
to disclose a world
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to experience anxiety (Angst) ⓘ to interpret its own being ⓘ to take a stand on its own existence ⓘ to understand Being ⓘ |
| hasExistentiale |
discourse (Rede)
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falling (Verfallen) ⓘ mood (Befindlichkeit) ⓘ resoluteness ⓘ understanding ⓘ |
| hasLanguageOfOrigin | German ⓘ |
| hasMode |
authenticity
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inauthenticity ⓘ |
| hasOntologicalPriorityOver | other beings ⓘ |
| hasStructure | care (Sorge) as being of Dasein ⓘ |
| hasTemporalStructure | ecstatic temporality (past, present, future) ⓘ |
| literalMeaning | being-there ⓘ |
| refersTo | the human mode of being ⓘ |
| relatedConcept |
Dasein (in his technical sense)
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
being-in-the-world (In-der-Welt-sein)
Dasein ⓘ
surface form:
being-toward-death (Sein-zum-Tode)
care (Sorge) ⓘ projection (Entwurf) ⓘ resoluteness (Entschlossenheit) ⓘ the They (das Man) ⓘ thrownness (Geworfenheit) ⓘ |
| requiresForItsBeing |
others (Mitsein)
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world ⓘ |
| studiedBy | existential phenomenology ⓘ |
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