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\title{Summary of Second Lecture on Dasein}
\author{Greg Hudson}
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In this lecture, we define some new terms in order to study the
phenomenon of authenticity.  The first term is ``the already'', the
existing state of a project, as opposed to the beyond, the goals of
the project.  The second term is ``das man'', the impersonal other,
which brings us customs and comforts as well as the stifling
oftradition.  The third term is ``fallenness,'' or refusing to listen
to the call of the beyond; this is similar to the natural attitude we
looked at before.  The fourth term is ``authenticity,'' or heeding the
call of the beyond.

Some of the things we must do as phenomenologists: we must consider
psychological phenomena as objective phenomena, rather than something
``in'' the mind; we must describe learning using the Hermeneutic
circle (repetition leading to familiarity) rather than as traditional
deductive logic, and we must consider truth as an ontic instance of
evidence rather than as an absolute rubber stamp (since a rubber stamp
would lead to an infinite regression, as we try to certify the rubber
stamp).

An example of fallenness and authenticity is when Professor Rota tries
to solve a math problem.  Rather than face the problem authentically,
he gathers literature on the problem and studies it, comes up with
solutions which are obviously wrong but which he might convince
himself are correct.  Finally, he authentically faces the problem and
sees the solution, and suddenly feels that the inauthentic steps were
unnecessary.  At the same time, there is a second fall, as the
solution to the problem falls back into the everyday dealings with the
world.

``Mitsein'' is the term we use for ``co-being'' or ``being with.''  In
reality, all being is co-being, and we must always be prepared to
consider being as a shared phenomenon.

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