Chapter 2: Being in the World in General as the Basic State of Dasein

Section 12: A Preliminary Sketch of Being in the World

Key Concepts:

• Dasein: An entity that comports itself with an understanding of its being.
  • Dasein exists with the concept of authenticity and inauthenticity.
  • These modes of existence are grounded upon Being in the World.
• Being in the World: A unitary phenomenon constitutive of Dasein’s existence.
  • It involves the interpretation of Dasein’s ontological constitution.

Structure of Being in the World:

1. In-the-World: Investigates the ontological structure of the world and the concept of worldhood.
2. Who: Determines who has being in the world, especially in the context of Dasein’s everydayness.
3. Being-in: Examines the ontological constitution of being in itself.

Understanding Being-in:

• Primordial Structure: Dasein's being cannot be reduced to the spatial relationship of physical entities (e.g., water in a glass).
• In: Derived from