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Second Assignment Due Tuesday, 9/24/2013, at the beginning of class !

!ou" tas# is to ans$e" th"ee %uestions based on the reading and class hand&outs of Sections 12&1' of (a"tin )eidegge"*s Being and Time +ach ans$e" should be no more and no less than a ,age long, double s,aced, $hich means you ha-e a %uite limited s,ace to $o"# $ith That is no excuse fo" a bad o" incom,lete ans$e" )alf&,age ans$e"s a"e by default incom,lete ans$e"s . am loo#ing fo" com,leteness, and you" challenge is to ,"o-ide com,lete ans$e"s in a ,"ecise and te"se manne" .n o"de" to do that, you $ill need to s,ea# the language of /eing and Time, that is, you need to s,ea# the $o"ds of the Sections 12&1' bac# at me Do not fo"get to %uote and al$ays e0,lain the %uote in you" o$n $o"ds, but be ca"eful $ith you" $o"ds and stay close to )eidegge"*s te0t1 1 Desc"ibe )eidegge"*s thinking path f"om the %uestion of /eing to the in-estigation of the "eady&to&hand 2hy does )eidegge" decide to sta"t Being and Time $ith the analytic of Dasein3 And $hy does )eidegge" then sta"t the analytic of Dasein $ith an in-estigation of non&Dasein&li#e beings3 .f Dasein is the entity to be inte""ogated 4/ef"agtes5 (say why that is!) $hy does )eidegge" begin cha,te" 3 $ith an analysis of non&Dasein&li#e entities encounte"ed $ithin the en-i"onment3 )o$ is the "eady&to&hand functioning in )eidegge"*s ,"o6ect in o"de" to illuminate the /eing of Dasein, and subse%uently, /eing in gene"al3 2hat is /eing&in3 )o$ does )eidegge" not $ant to unde"stand /eing&in3 2hy is #no$ing the $o"ld a founded and de"i-ati-e mode of /eing&in3 2hat #ind of blind 7sight8 does #no$ing the $o"ld ,ossess and $hat is its "es,ecti-e $ay of /eing&in3 2hat othe" $ay of /eing&in discloses the $o"ld mo"e ,"imo"dially, and $hat is the genuine sight of this mo"e ,"imo"dial /eing&in3 2hat is that $ith $hich $e conce"n ou"sel-es ,"ima"ily in a-e"age e-e"ydayness3 Desc"ibe in e0t"eme detail 91: the manifold of assignments and "efe"ences in 7the $o"# to be ,"oduced8, as )eidegge" calls it )int; the"e a"e t$o to$a"ds&$hich9s: in the $o"# to be ,"oduced, and at least 3 mo"e "efe"ences o" assignments

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