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Being-in-the-World
Hey there!
Happy Friday, everybody! The boulder is at the top of the hill. In the time it takes to roll back down, take a deep breath and give yourself a pat on the back.
Today we’re going to wrap up our metaphysical week by pondering existence itself with Martin Heidegger. Burning it off, we’ll do a related thought exercise. We’ll wrap up the week by opening up a gentle passage from Heidegger’s Being and Time.
Have a seat, Thought Breakfast is served!
Today’s Breakfast
Heidegger’s Starting Move
Heidegger says that philosophy went wrong when we started treating humans as objects, minds, or mere spectators of reality. He argues that we are not just detached observers.
Humans don’t think (in terms of conceptual reflection) before encountering the world. We’re always already involved, concerned, and situated in some thrown situation. We wake up inside a world of meaning before we begin to analyze anything.
The world is not neutral, either. It shows up to us as something useful, threatening, meaningful, and sometimes even boring. So mood, anxiety, care, and concern are not psychological add-ons but ways that reality discloses itself.
Heidegger collapses the space between metaphysics and day-to-day life. Our ethics, fears, hopes, and loves are not floating abstractions, but responses to the kind of world that shows up for us.
So, giving a more modern voice to metaphysics than anyone we’ve covered, Heidegger flips the question a bit. It’s not just “What exists?” It becomes “What kind of world am I already taking for granted?”
Burn Those Thought Calories
World-Disclosure
At three moments today:
When you feel anxious
When you feel bored
When you feel deeply engaged
Ask yourself:
What kind of world is being revealed to me right now?
A hostile world? Demanding? A meaningful one? An empty one?
Don’t make any judgments. Just notice how reality is showing up for you in those moments.
Book Nook
“Being-in-the-world is not a property of a subject, nor is
the world an object.
The two belong together.”
— Heidegger, Being and Time
Using no technical language, Heidegger’s small quote speaks to the non-duality of subjects and objects.
Rather than treating the idea of existence as a problem to be solved or an equation to be finished, Heidegger paints a picture of continuity. Everything existing around us pre-exists us. Not simply in objects, but also in structures of meaning. Therefore, as we become aware of them, they are more or less revealing themselves to us. That is, the continuity of existence of subjects and objects.
Munch on that for today. This was a fun topic to go over this week and I’m excited for what next week has in store for us. Have a great weekend, and come back on Monday for another steaming hot plate of Thought Breakfast!
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Remember to stay mindful, smell the flowers, and take it easy.
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