Chapter 6: Intersubjectivity Flashcards
means we are beings thrown into the world.
Dasein
can be understood as an
environment, situation, world, space, or even objects and people.
there
“Dasein is never ‘proximally’ an entity which is free from Being-in, but which sometimes inclines to
take up a ‘relationship’ toward the world.
WHO — there are things about human existence that are not controlled by our
free will and intellect and which we cannot fully comprehend.
Heidegger
It refers to the conditions given to
us and fixed from without. It means that there are features that are beyond our control.
factity
human beings are not only limited to recognizing both things and people but are most essentially capable of
connecting with those objects and relating to those individuals encountered.
This means that we do not only recognize the things and the people in
our world but, more so, connect and relate with them.
Being relational beings
This refers to a condition of our existence that has been decided or created by us.
transcendence.
establishment of meaningful and authentic relationships
subjects
suggests either being ready-at-hand or present-at-hand.
objects
human beings, as Dasein, pertain to two conditions:
- we are being thrown into it with no access to freedom.
2. we must realize that human beings, as subjects, are innately relational beings.
Since we have the innate tendency to establish relationships with our fellow human beings, we have the capacity to
transcend our own facticity.
person. It means that there is no gap
or distance between the body and the subjectivity.
my body
If we express ourselves through our embodiment, we cannot be distinguished
from it.
my body
(my body) For Gabriel Marcel, intimacy is a moment wherein
realities are shared
suggests that people should realize and
consider the bond that exists between the self and the body.
Intimacy
There will be no avenue for the self to use or manipulate one’s body because
there is a recognition that the body is also the person and not an object.
is understood as the possession of the body. It means that we
own our bodies as we own things.
Having a body
We understand our body as a possession because our subjectivity
appears to other people as a body.
Having a body
authentic relationships among humans can only be possible
if we treat each other as subjects and not as mere objects, just like treating our embodiment as a person.
It is a fundamental notion that human persons are not solitary beings. This means that a person always lives one’s life together with other human beings.
Intersubjectivity
In this relationship, a person not only fulfills one’s call to be human to others but,
most importantly, values this kind of relationship.
Intersubjective
described as the subject-to-object relationship.
I-It