THE HUMAN PERSON AS BEING-IN-THE-WORLD Flashcards
is the general circumstances that define our individual existence
THE HUMAN SITUATION
these 2 characterize the human situation
FACTICITY
TRANSCENDENCE
characteristic that refers to what is given to us and are not within our control
FACTICITY
gender, race, color, physical features, environment are examples of what
FACTICITY
characteristic that refers to what we can decide for ourselves within our control
TRANSCENDENCE
our transcendence comes from our capacity to _________ and ___________ what is given to us
rationalize and transcend
a german philosopher who introduced the notion of BEING-IN-THE-WORLD
MARTIN HEIDEGGER (1889-1976)
the physical space and the totality of objects (in this space)
WORLD
interconnections of these objects and our relations with them whether we use, consume or manipulate them
WORLD
if some objects are not within our reach and thus we do not use them, then what?
these do not belong to our world
the ‘WORLD’ nearest to us
ENVIRONMENT
the people whom we relate and communicate with: family, friends, classmates, teachers, acquaintances
WORLD
to be in the world is not to be ________ in a location
contained
to be in the world is to have _______ (or connection) with objects and ________ with the people in the world we find ourselves in
DEALINGS;
RELATIONS
connection with objects
DEALINGS
