Tag: everydayness

  • The Meaning of Everydayness

    The Meaning of Everydayness

    Published 29 September 2024Last updated 4 October 2024 Here I am, sitting in a quiet room, typing away. There you are, sitting or standing or what have you: reading this article that caught the eye. Here we are, breathing, being. But what does it mean to be? Existential philosophers such as Heidegger and Sartre would…

  • The Perceptual Field of Being-in-the-world

    The Perceptual Field of Being-in-the-world

    In the previous post (Yes or No: Is There an External World?), we are introduced to Heidegger’s notion of Being-in-the-world and have succinctly exhibited the significance of ‘world’ and its constitution. In this post, we shall further clarify the extent of the phenomenality of Being-in-the-world and seek to understand the world of perception as revealed…