Apply-Degger Episode 2: World
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Jun 30, 2020 The podcast explores Heidegger's concept of Dasein and its relation to human existence. It discusses the practical understanding of the world and the role of signs in revealing it. The interconnectedness of the world within the context of vehicles and traffic regulations is also examined. The concept of involvement and significance in the world is explored, along with a reflection on the transformative power of a woman's voice in a poem.
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Being-In-The-World Is Primary
- Heidegger rejects the subject-object split and argues we are always already 'being-in-the-world'.
- Dasein's primary mode is practical involvement, not detached theoretical perception.
World As Handy Equipment
- The world shows up foremost as practical, useful 'stuff' (equipment), not as objects for theory.
- Equipment appears within a referential totality of other equipment and practices.
Breakdown Reveals The World
- Ready-to-hand things withdraw until breakdown, which then reveals them as present-at-hand.
- The hammer 'breaking' makes the world conspicuous and discloses its structure.