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is the general term for the sort of connection that is found in every involvement

These functions of the hammer are its involvements, and they are essential to its very Being as a hammer. Reference is the general term for the sort of connection that is found in every involvement (115/84).

is a purpose or meaning that helps us make sense of an entity.

We can now risk a rough definition of reference: a reference is a purpose or meaning that helps us make sense of an entity. However, defining the concept is less important than paying attention to the phenomenon that it is indicating.

is a possibility that we can project and that lets us encounter an entity as something or other.

In our discussion of §§14-18, we provisionally defined a reference as a purpose or meaning that helps us make sense of an entity. Heidegger's explanation of "meaning" lets us improve this definition: a reference is a possibility that we can project and that lets us encounter an entity as something or other.

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