What is Dasein? | Martin Heidegger | Keyword

In this episode, I explain Heidegger' notion of "Dasein."

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[Peachsaysread]

YOU LITERALLY MADE ME LOVE PHILOSOPHY AGAIN, THANK YOU

[NilDesperandumVeritasOditMoras]

When i first listened to lectures about Heidegger’s Being and Time I understood very little. After studying Mahayana Buddhism and Daoism I understood everything. Heidegger basically re-discovered key concepts of Mahayana Buddhism 17-19 centuries later. Dasein is “interbeing”.

[bravovince]

first, you could say I was "being in time"

[dankmemington]

Great video, just wanted to share my impressions as someone who's first proper exposure to Heidegger is this video.
Frankly most of it isn't really clicking, but that might just be that this is too limited an exposure of a complicated topic for me to fairly articulate an opinion on. One of the things I'm struggling to understand is the notion of reflection being the force that drives non-being into being. A young child presumably lacks the ability to reflect, yet do they not have being? And related to that point, you mention the idea that the fact that we exist within time makes us aware of our end, which motivates us to action (if I understand that correctly). Again, I don't know that a young child is aware of its mortality, yet young children do all sorts of things.

Another point I'm struggling with is the idea that we "de-distance" ourselves from things in space in order to create a world, and I can't understand that in a sense that isn't metaphorical. Does being physically closer to an object necessarily imply a larger degree of engagement with it? Am I completely misunderstanding?

Lastly, there's the idea of a persisting sense of self that you mention. At first I thought I understood what the object of focus was, namely the sense of having subjectivity per se, to be able to feel that one belongs within a body. But then you mention that this relates also to one's character, but yet distinct from the sum of our likes and dislikes and individual histories. I struggle to conceive of speaking of my character in a sense that is completely divorced from this. Apologies if I'm not being precise, I'm pretty tired at the moment.

I enjoyed the video, though. It was very engaging even though I don't feel like I understood anything.

[titnesovic]

Thank you for the explanation. Some things are clearer now. Heidegger seems endeed to be quite a social philosopher.

[Dhruvbala]

What you described almost reminds me of the free energy principle as Karl Friston formulates it (at least what I understand of it from his podcast with Lex Friedman)

[thunbergmartin]

Whenever I think of dasein, it strikes me how the heidggeriean terms are actually baked into the Germanic word (?) In swedish it's basically the every day word "närvaro" I which to hear if anyone else (scandinavian, German) have the same understanding here? It feels like Heidiggers linguistically proximity to me gives me an easier time, than perhaps other languages. Maybe Ive said it before, but anyway you are a pearl David, a real gem on youtube! It was some time since I watched your stuff, but I really appreciate your channel!

[britonjb]

Description of daesiin starts at 01:26

[imcaspa]

really good overview but also just wanted to hop on and say, really nice shirt!

[numbersix]

Thanks Dr David. I think may have understood something of some of what you have said. But one question, which may help me a little, please: would puppy dogs, kitty cats, and fuzzy little bunnies also have this dasein thing? (Given that their adorable intelligences have no idea of inevitable death solely due to the effect of Time.) Thank you very much.

[RobCoghanable]

Like the question but not when it exceeds need.

[andreas]

I'm not sure if "da" from "dasein" should be translated as "there." In this case, I would prefer "here." In German, in colloquial language, one says "ich bin da, " which means "I am here." "Schau da" means "look there, " which indicates a direction away, but in the context of existence, one refers to oneself.

[hansistein]

Read Ernest Becker on the importance of death-awareness in a much broader context.
And, Dasein can also be Being in the Now; as in the Buddhist sense of being fully present here and now.

[erinkos]

is dasein something an individual can have, or is it something you are? How would you explain somebody with, or who is, dasein, im incredibly confused.

[hansistein]

Da sein should be Being Here, not there. In German, there is dort. Da = here.

[trinocarrera]

Young people don't see their lives ending.but they still do things.

[Blinkey]

Who's in your bookcase? I think I know 7 of them.

[callmeuriah.]

Is it normal for this fundamental quality, the quality that I track within myself, to be a distaste for the world?

[geolazakis]

At least pose the question properly: *Who* is Dasein?