![]() ![]() It is derived from da-sein, which literally means "being-there"/"there-being" -though Heidegger was adamant that this was an inappropriate translation of Dasein. The term was used by several philosophers before Heidegger, most notably Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel, with the meaning of "determined being" ( bestimmtes Sein), The union of Being and Nothing ( Quality). In German, Dasein is the vernacular term for "existence". ![]() Thus it is a form of being that is aware of and must confront such issues as personhood, mortality and the dilemma or paradox of living in relationship with other humans while being ultimately alone with oneself. Heidegger uses the expression Dasein to refer to the experience of being that is peculiar to human beings. It is a fundamental concept in the existential philosophy of Martin Heidegger. For the 2015 Indian Bengali-language drama film, see Dasein (film).ĭasein ( German pronunciation: ) (sometimes spelled as Da-sein) is the German word for 'existence'. ![]()
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