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Comportment (n.) is ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠an implicit openness to the world that continually operates in our habitual dealings with the world such that we are always already dwelling with the extant.

Comportment (n.) is ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠different from the mechanical behavior of a robot or an insect in that I am directed towards and reveal things under different aspects. The way I go about my business is guided by a non-mental 'towards-which' of my activity.

Comportment (n.) is ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠different from the mechanical behavior of a robot or an insect in that if something goes wrong, people and higher animals are startled.

Comportment (n.) is ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠different from the mechanical behavior of a robot or an insect in that if the going gets difficult, we must pay attention and so switch to immediate subject/object intentionality.

Comportment (n.) is ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠different from the mechanical behavior of a robot or an insect in that it manifests circumpspection, a kind of non-mental, non-inner, non-first person , non-private, non-subjective experience, separate from and directed towards nonmental objects.

Comportment (n.) is ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠different from the mechanical behavior of a robot or an insect in that one's comportment manifests dispositions that have been shaped by a vast amount of previous dealings.

Comportment's (n.) openness ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠is the condition of possibility of correctness.