![]() ![]() The being of Da-sein is different from the being of objective presence, because Da-sein may project its own possibility. Thus, the ontic and ontological structure of Da-sein may be the foundation for every other kind of being. It is a kind of being that may understand not only its own being, but also other kinds of being. Da-sein is conscious being, and it is the kind of being that belongs to human beings.Īccording to Heidegger, Da-sein has both an ontic (existential) and ontological priority over other kinds of being. He uses the term "Da-sein" to describe a mode of being that understands its own being. Heidegger develops a phenomenological ontology that is based on the hermeneutics of Da-sein (being-there). ![]() His major works included Sein und Zeit ( Being and Time, 1927), Was ist Metaphysik? ( What is Metaphysics?, 1929), Identität und Differenz ( Identity and Difference, 1957), and Was heisst Denken? ( What is called Thinking?, 1968).īeing and Time (1927) investigates the meaning of being as defined by temporality, and it analyzes time as a horizon for the understanding of being. ![]() Martin Heidegger (1889-1976) was a German philosopher whose writings on phenomenological ontology had an important influence on the development of existentialism, philosophical hermeneutics, and twentieth century Protestant theology. ![]()
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