Being (Sein)
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Being (Sein) is the central, foundational notion in Martin Heidegger’s philosophy, denoting the fundamental way in which entities exist and are disclosed, especially through the historical transformations of its understanding.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Being (Sein) canonical | 2 |
| being-in-the-world | 1 |
| history of Being (Seinsgeschichte) | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Being (Sein) Context triple: [turn (Kehre) in Heidegger’s philosophy, relatedConcept, Being (Sein)]
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Being and Time
Being and Time is Martin Heidegger’s seminal 1927 philosophical work that fundamentally reshaped existential phenomenology and 20th-century continental philosophy.
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Dasein
Dasein is Martin Heidegger’s key philosophical concept denoting the uniquely human mode of being that is self-aware, historically situated, and fundamentally concerned with its own existence.
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Otherwise than Being, or Beyond Essence
Otherwise than Being, or Beyond Essence is a major philosophical work by Emmanuel Levinas that develops his ethics of responsibility to the Other as more fundamental than ontology.
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D.
Being and Some Philosophers
Being and Some Philosophers is a seminal philosophical study by Étienne Gilson that traces the historical development and interpretations of the concept of being from ancient to modern thought.
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E.
On Being and Essence
On Being and Essence is a philosophical treatise by Thomas Aquinas that systematically examines the metaphysical concepts of being and essence within the framework of scholastic Aristotelianism.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Being (Sein) Target entity description: Being (Sein) is the central, foundational notion in Martin Heidegger’s philosophy, denoting the fundamental way in which entities exist and are disclosed, especially through the historical transformations of its understanding.
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A.
Being and Time
Being and Time is Martin Heidegger’s seminal 1927 philosophical work that fundamentally reshaped existential phenomenology and 20th-century continental philosophy.
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B.
Dasein
Dasein is Martin Heidegger’s key philosophical concept denoting the uniquely human mode of being that is self-aware, historically situated, and fundamentally concerned with its own existence.
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C.
Otherwise than Being, or Beyond Essence
Otherwise than Being, or Beyond Essence is a major philosophical work by Emmanuel Levinas that develops his ethics of responsibility to the Other as more fundamental than ontology.
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D.
Being and Some Philosophers
Being and Some Philosophers is a seminal philosophical study by Étienne Gilson that traces the historical development and interpretations of the concept of being from ancient to modern thought.
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E.
On Being and Essence
On Being and Essence is a philosophical treatise by Thomas Aquinas that systematically examines the metaphysical concepts of being and essence within the framework of scholastic Aristotelianism.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (44)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Heideggerian concept
ⓘ
ontological category ⓘ philosophical concept ⓘ |
| approachedVia | hermeneutic phenomenology ⓘ |
| articulatedIn |
"Being and Time"
ⓘ
linked to:
Being and Time
Heidegger’s later writings ⓘ |
| associatedWith | ontological difference between Being and beings ⓘ |
| cannotBe | defined in terms of a genus ⓘ |
| cannotBeGraspedAs | present-at-hand object ⓘ |
| centralInPhilosophyOf | Martin Heidegger ⓘ |
| characterizedAs | that which determines beings as beings ⓘ |
| clarifiedBy | phenomenological description of Dasein ⓘ |
| conceivedAs | event of appropriation (Ereignis) in later Heidegger ⓘ |
| concernOf | fundamental ontology ⓘ |
| disclosedThrough |
Dasein’s being-in-the-world
ⓘ
historical epochs ⓘ language ⓘ mood (Stimmung) ⓘ temporality ⓘ understanding ⓘ |
| distinguishedFrom | beings (Seiendes) ⓘ |
| forgottenIn | history of metaphysics ⓘ |
| groundOf | the intelligibility of beings ⓘ |
| hasAspect |
concealment
ⓘ
unconcealment (aletheia) ⓘ |
| hasModeOfDisclosure |
poetic saying
ⓘ
thinking (Denken) ⓘ |
| hasNameInGerman | Sein ⓘ |
| is | the fundamental theme of Heidegger’s philosophy ⓘ |
| linkedTo | destiny of the West ⓘ |
| notIdenticalWith | any particular entity ⓘ |
| obscuredBy | metaphysical tradition ⓘ |
| priorTo | beings as such ⓘ |
| questionedIn | the question of Being (Seinsfrage) ⓘ |
| relatedConcept |
Dasein
ⓘ
history of Being ⓘ ontological difference ⓘ time ⓘ truth as unconcealment (aletheia) ⓘ world ⓘ |
| requires | destruction (Destruktion) of metaphysical tradition for clarification ⓘ |
| studiedIn | fundamental ontology ⓘ |
| undergoes | historical transformations of its understanding ⓘ |
| understoodThrough | existential analytic of Dasein ⓘ |
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Subject: Being (Sein) Description of subject: Being (Sein) is the central, foundational notion in Martin Heidegger’s philosophy, denoting the fundamental way in which entities exist and are disclosed, especially through the historical transformations of its understanding.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject linked to:
Dasein (in his technical sense)
linked to: Being (Sein)
subject linked to:
turn (Kehre) in his philosophy
linked to: Being (Sein)