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Present-at-hand (n.) is ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠a tool's 'way of being' when some task breaks down and the tool's 'way of being' suddenly takes on an in-your-face 'presentness' in your hand.

The Present-at-hand (n.) can ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠be thematically ascertained.

The Present-at-hand (n.) is, ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠you might say, a philosophical defamiliarizing of an object. If, for example, the head flies off our hammer or if you’re thinking philosophically, you can see the hammer as a strange wooden shank with an iron blob on the end.

The Present-at-hand (n.) is ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠the level of science or theory; its a tertiary way of seeing the world; by no means representative of everyday coping, or of reasoning through a sudden breakdown.

Present-at-hand (n.) is ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠a pejorative way to refer to things insofar as things are taken as physically present, or visible to us by way of concepts.

Present-at-hand (n.) is ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠arguably the major enemy of posing the question of being.

Present-at-hand (n.) is ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠a mode of being where things become cognized and consciously interpreted; that is, not just used invisibly (ready-at-hand), but interpreted as tools, as weapons, or as items of entertainment.

Present-at-hand (n.) is ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠about properties, but those properties are not universal. A thing’s presence depends on what is encountering it. For a dog, a baby, an ant, or a parrot, most of the hammer’s usual properties are not there at all.are not there at all, which shows that the presence of a thing is also determined by those who encounter it.

Present-at-hand (n.) is ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠the character of ‘things’ insofar as things are not merely in relation to us, but also in themselves: they have properties that are independent of us. Thus, an investigation of reality has to investigate independence and in-itself-ness.