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is a 'fusion' of past and present... thus the knower and object are not separate in the familiar fashion of empirical science.

all interpretations of past literature arise from a dialogue between past and present. Our attempts to understand a work will depend on the questions which our own cultural environment allows us to raise Our present perspective always involves a relationship to the past, but at the same time the past can only be grasped through the limited perspective of the present a hermeneutical notion of 'understanding' does not separate knower and object in the familiar fashion of empirical science... rather it views understanding as a 'fusion' of past and present.' ( Selden, 54-5.)

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is a clear grasp of a thing as a whole which involves no necessary reference to any preceding process of thought.

Verstehen implies a 'clear grasp of a thing as a whole, but no necessary reference to any preceding process of thought' (DGS, 291). Hence verstehen is distinct from begreifen, 'to comprehend (conceptually)': one can understand being without comprehending it, but one cannot comprehend it without understanding it (XXIV, 18, 117... XXXI, 43). (inwood 'heidegger' 234)

Affectedness is one of the existential structures in which the being of the 'there' maintains itself. Equiprimordial with it in constituting this being is understanding. Affectedness always has its understanding. . . . Understanding is always attuned. (182)[142-1431 (dreyfus 'being in the world' 184)

is a kind of know-how that takes form in directed coping, local background, and general background.

In order to comprehend this chapter, then, we must distinguish each of the three levels of understanding or know-how just mentioned directed coping, local background, and general background. Remember that each level makes the next more specific level possible but is also dependent on the more specific level. I shall start with the most local and specific. (dreyfus 'being in the world' 186).

is a mode of seeing which, in contrast to the eyes which only show limitation, serves as a guide by revealing what you already know.

Don't believe what your eyes are telling you. All they show is limitation. Look with your understanding, find out what you already know, and you'll see the way to fly. (Richard Bach)

is a process that involves discerning a limited number of manifestations instead of a bewilderingly infinite number of possibilities.

True understanding entails discerning a limited number of manifestations or presentations of a class of objects instead of a bewilderingly infinite number of possibilities. Argues the existence of a supreme intelligence governing the universe. (plato Pliebus NET)

is about asking questions about being whereas science is that which tells us things.

In Heidegger, science tells us things, but understanding is about asking questions about being.

is, along with being understood, one of humanity's prime drives. All other living creatures are designed for highly specialized tasks. Man seems unique as the comprehensive comprehender and co-ordinator of local universe affairs.

One of humanity's prime drives is to understand and be understood. All other living creatures are designed for highly specialized tasks. Man seems unique as the comprehensive comprehender and co-ordinator of local universe affairs. (Buckminster Fuller)

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