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Thrownness: Heidegger's concept of "thrownness" (Geworfenheit in German) refers to the existential condition of human beings finding themselves in the world without choosing or controlling the circumstances of their existence._____________Annotation: The above characterizations of concepts are neither definitions nor exhausting presentations of problems related to them. Instead, they are intended to give a short introduction to the contributions below. – Lexicon of Arguments. | |||
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Martin Heidegger on Thrownness - Dictionary of Arguments
Gadamer I 268 Throwness/Heidegger/Gadamer: The projecting Dasein that is based on one's ability to be has always "been". That is the meaning of the existential ideal of throwness. The fact that all free self-behavior towards its being cannot go back behind the factuality of this being was the point of the hermeneutics of factuality and its contrast to the transcendental Gadamer I 269 constitutional research of Husserl's phenomenology. (HeideggerVsHusserl). >Constitution/Husserl, >Existence/Heidegger, >Being/Heidegger, >Life. Gadamer I 268 Understanding/Existence/Heidegger/Gadamer: The fact that the structure of Dasein is a thrown draft, that Dasein is according to its own execution of being according to understanding, this must also apply to the execution of understanding that happens in the humanities. >Dasein/Heidegger. The general structure of understanding reaches its concretion in historical understanding, in that concrete ties of custom and tradition and the corresponding possibilities of one's own future become effective in understanding itself. >Understanding._____________Explanation of symbols: Roman numerals indicate the source, arabic numerals indicate the page number. The corresponding books are indicated on the right hand side. ((s)…): Comment by the sender of the contribution. Translations: Dictionary of Arguments The note [Concept/Author], [Author1]Vs[Author2] or [Author]Vs[term] resp. "problem:"/"solution:", "old:"/"new:" and "thesis:" is an addition from the Dictionary of Arguments. If a German edition is specified, the page numbers refer to this edition. |
Hei III Martin Heidegger Sein und Zeit Tübingen 1993 Gadamer I Hans-Georg Gadamer Wahrheit und Methode. Grundzüge einer philosophischen Hermeneutik 7. durchgesehene Auflage Tübingen 1960/2010 Gadamer II H. G. Gadamer The Relevance of the Beautiful, London 1986 German Edition: Die Aktualität des Schönen: Kunst als Spiel, Symbol und Fest Stuttgart 1977 |