Division Two: Dasein and Temporality
Preparatory Fundamental Analysis of Dasein
The outcome of the analysis reveals Dasein’s basic state as care (Sorge), which encapsulates a totality of Being-in-the-world and its existence. Existence is described as an understanding potentiality-for-Being, intimately tied to the entity itself that is always in the process of becoming. The phenomenon of care provides essential insights into the constitution of existence, illustrating its connection with Dasein's facticity and its falling.
Understanding Being
The inquiry into the question of Being aims to clarify its meaning in general, particularly how it becomes intelligible within the context of Dasein. To achieve a primordial interpretation of Dasein, it is essential to fully understand its Being, necessitating a radical analysis of its existence. This hermeneutical situation involves interpretation that requires an understanding of fore-having, fore-sight, and fore-conception, establishing a secure relationship with the phenomena being analyzed.
Primordial Interpretation of Dasein
The criteria for primordiality dictate that the existential analytic must be grounded within the hermeneutical situation, encompassing the concrete entirety of Dasein. The analysis has shown that Dasein's Being is fundamentally care; however, the nature of its struggle towards authenticity remains unexamined.
Authenticity and Everydayness
Dasein can exist either authentically or inauthentically, with the former being tied to an authentic existence while the latter exists within the constructs of average everydayness. Initial investigations indicate that Dasein often inhabits inauthentic frameworks that limit its existential clarity.
Death as a Structural Element of Dasein
The possibility of Dasein’s wholeness is reliant on acknowledging its end in death, a critical characteristic of its existence. Understanding death necessitates exploration of its ontological implications, as realization of Dasein's totality can only emerge through death. Importantly, death is not merely an event but represents a privileged possibility; comprehending this enriches Dasein’s understanding of itself and its relationships.
The Impossibility of Grasping Dasein's Wholeness
Dasein’s end and potential for wholeness resist simple experiences or interpretations due to the intrinsic nature of existence that remains perpetually pending. Achieving an authentic understanding of Dasein’s structure requires a radical reconsideration of its potentialities.
Anxiety and Authentic Being-towards-death
Anxiety serves to reveal Dasein's non-relational possibilities in the face of death, setting it apart from fear, which remains linked to concrete existential events. Authentic Being-towards-death is cultivated through the embrace of one’s potentiality, enabling true understanding and living.
Conclusion: The Path Forward
A thorough examination and acknowledgment of Dasein’s Being-towards-death and its implications lay the foundation for authentic existence. The interconnected themes of existence, death, authenticity, and their interrelations provide avenues for deeper understanding and exploration in future analyses.
