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Martin Heidegger (n.) is ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠trying to find the right way to describe the basic structure of finitude that makes possible our access to the world and to everything in it.

Martin Heidegger (n.) is ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠able to overthrow 2,000 years o philosophy because he is understanding being not as a kind of thinking or conscious act, rather he’s interested in us at the most ground unreflective unthinking totally absorbed totally involved level.

Martin Heidegger (n.) is ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠distinguished from Edmund Husserl in that, when Heidegger actually looked at the way human beings are related to the world, he found that, (pace Husserl), it wasn't as subjects related to objects at all. Awareness and consciousness didn't play any role.

Martin Heidegger (n.) is ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠concerned with the fact that when you look at people engaged in the flow of things, you simply don't find subjects contemplating objects, you find coping.

Martin Heidegger (n.) is ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠responsible for having broken from the Cartesian condition in which philosophers had thought of human beings as subjects relating to objects.

Martin Heidegger (n.) is ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠not some mere pragmatist, claiming the primacy of practical activity; he had an analysis of practical activity that didn't need to bring in mental content like desiring, believing, following a rule.

Martin Heidegger (n.) is ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠concerned with transparency that doesn’t even pass through consciousness. For example, when you come into the classroom you surely turn the doorknob, but you don't observe the doorknob, believe that you have to turn the doorknob to get in, or try to turn the doorknob.

Martin Heidegger (n.) is ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠responsible for having shown that consciousness is not central to the human condition.

Martin Heidegger (n.) is ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠responsible for teaching us that most of the time we are kind of moving in a medium, we're swimming in a medium that we take utterly for granted and are not conscious of and don't direct our attention to at all.

Martin Heidegger (n.) is ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠interested in language because our metaphors and words name things into being. Language is a marvelously powerful way to change the practices, focus them and add new practices to Dasein's way of life.