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Single Idea 22161

[filed under theme 7. Existence / D. Theories of Reality / 3. Reality ]

Full Idea

Readiness-to-hand is the way in which entities as they are 'in themselves' are defined ontologico-categorially.

Gist of Idea

Readiness-to-hand defines things in themselves ontologically

Source

Martin Heidegger (Being and Time [1927], I.3.15)

Book Ref

Heidegger,Martin: 'Being and Time' [Blackwell 1962], p.101

A Reaction

I assume this is a direct reference to the problem idealists had with the thing-in-itself. It seems that the reality of a thing consists of the strengthened relationship it has with Dasein, which sounds fairly idealist to me.

Related Idea

Idea 22160 Our relationship to a hammer strengthens when we use [Heidegger]

The 47 ideas from Martin Heidegger

15571 The idea of an atemporal realm of validity is as implausible as medieval theology [Heidegger]
15581 Dasein is always only that which it has chosen to be [Heidegger]
20453 Heidegger says we must either choose an inauthentic hero, or choose yourself as hero [Heidegger, by Critchley]
21952 Anxiety about death frees me to live my own life [Heidegger, by Wrathall]
22224 Anxiety is the uncanniness felt when constantly fleeing from asserting one's own freedom [Heidegger, by Caputo]
21897 Reducing being to the study of beings too readily accepts the modern scientific view [Heidegger, by May]
22223 Being-in-the-world is projection to possibilities, thrownness among them, and fallenness within them [Heidegger, by Caputo]
9273 Heidegger turns to 'Being' to affirm the uniqueness of humans in the world [Heidegger, by Gray]
15569 Heidegger says truth is historical, and never absolute [Heidegger, by Polt]
21949 Having thoughts and feelings need engagement in the world [Heidegger, by Wrathall]
22222 Dasein finds itself already amongst others [Heidegger, by Caputo]
22157 Dasein is a mode of Being distinguished by concern for its own Being [Heidegger]
22158 Pheomenology seeks things themselves, without empty theories, problems and concepts [Heidegger]
15580 There are no raw sense-data - our experiences are of the sound or colour of something [Heidegger]
15573 For us, Being is constituted by awareness of other sorts of Being [Heidegger]
15574 'Logos' really means 'making something manifest' [Heidegger, by Polt]
15572 Being what it is (essentia) must be conceived in terms of Being (existence) [Heidegger]
22159 If we posit 'I' as the starting point, we miss the mind's phenomenal content [Heidegger]
22164 When Dasein grasps something it exists externally alongside the thing [Heidegger]
22160 Our relationship to a hammer strengthens when we use [Heidegger]
22161 Readiness-to-hand defines things in themselves ontologically [Heidegger]
15576 Heidegger seeks a non-traditional concept of essence as 'essential unfolding' [Heidegger, by Polt]
22162 There is an everyday self, and an authentic self, when it is grasped in its own way [Heidegger]
15577 Moods are more fundamentally revealing than theories - as when fear reveals a threat [Heidegger, by Polt]
15578 Propositions don't provide understanding, because the understanding must come first [Heidegger, by Polt]
8137 Dasein is ahead of itself in the world, and alongside encountered entities [Heidegger]
22165 Anxiety reveals the possibility and individuality of Dasein [Heidegger]
22163 The scandal of philosophy is expecting to prove reality when the prover's Being is vague [Heidegger]
22166 Dasein has the potential to be itself, but must be shown this in the midst of ordinariness [Heidegger]
8136 If we work and play with other people, they are bound to be 'Dasein', intelligent agents [Heidegger, by Cooper,DE]
21951 In company with others one's Dasein dissolves, and even the others themselves dissolve [Heidegger]
20114 Everyone is other, and no one is himself [Heidegger]
20748 We do not add value to naked things; its involvement is disclosed in understanding it [Heidegger]
20745 'Dasein' expresses not 'what' the entity is, but its being [Heidegger]
7680 Ontology is possible only as phenomenology [Heidegger]
8134 The word 'dasein' is used to mean 'the manner of Being which man possesses', and also the human creature [Heidegger, by Cooper,DE]
20749 Perceived objects always appear in a context [Heidegger]
8135 'Dasein' is Being which is laid claim to, and which matters to its owner [Heidegger, by Cooper,DE]
21948 Dasein is being which can understand itself, and possess itself in a way allowing authenticity [Heidegger]
15586 When philosophy makes itself intelligible, it commits suicide [Heidegger]
20767 Culture is now dominated by boredom, so universal it is unnoticed [Heidegger, by Aho]
21953 For Heidegger there is 'ontic' truth or 'uncoveredness', as in "he is a true friend" [Heidegger, by Wrathall]
15584 I say the manifestation of Being needs humans, and humans only exist as reflected in Being [Heidegger]
15582 Perhaps the aim of philosophy is to abolish sham problems [Heidegger]
15579 My active existence is defined by being able to say 'I can' [Heidegger]
15583 Certainty that I will die is more basic to my existence than the Cogito [Heidegger]
15585 Later Heidegger sees philosophy as more like poetry than like science [Heidegger, by Polt]