Dasein
Being that questions
Dasein is a German philosophical term meaning "being there," introduced by Martin Heidegger to describe human existence.
Unlike mere objects, Dasein is the kind of being that questions its own being, exists in a world of meaning, and confronts its own mortality.
Heidegger insisted on leaving it untranslated because "existence" and "human being" miss crucial dimensions of the concept: For Heidegger, Dasein is always already thrown into a world not of its choosing.
The term appears throughout existentialist and phenomenological philosophy. (Lowercase dasein occasionally appears in casual philosophical discussion.)
Quality of being genuine
- temporalityState of existing briefly
- careAttentive regard for others
- angstDeep unfocused worry
- aletheiaGreek term for truth
averageness · resoluteness · clearing · disclosure · attunement · understanding · projection
State of being somewhere
- selfhoodIndividual identity, personhood
- individualityUnique personal character
- finitudeState of being bounded
- mortalityState of eventual death
authenticity
Quality of being genuine
- temporalityState of existing briefly
- careAttentive regard for others
- angstDeep unfocused worry
aletheia · averageness · resoluteness · clearing · disclosure · attunement · understanding · projection
presence
State of being somewhere
- selfhoodIndividual identity, personhood
- individualityUnique personal character
- finitudeState of being bounded
- existenceexistence, being, lives, reality, life
- existentialismexistence, authenticity, existential angst, existential crisis, angst
- German PhilosophyKant, Hegel, Nietzsche, Schopenhauer, Heidegger
- phenomenologyphenomenology, intentionality, bracketing, lived experience, horizon
- Heideggerbeing-in-the-world, authenticity, inauthenticity, care, aletheia
- philosophyethics, logic, metaphysics, ontology, epistemology