Tag: everydayness
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Questioning the Living and Living the Question: What Makes Life Precious?
The question of life and the meaning of life — if indeed they are one and the same — is one that has followed me since my teenage years. Recently, it has returned to the forefront as time has finally given me some room to breathe after overcoming certain hurdles in my private life (and…
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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…
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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…
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