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The they
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The they is Heidegger’s name for the anonymous everyday authority of what one does. It makes things intelligible, and it can also sustain conformity and unequal authority.
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Heidegger: being, a shared world and its limits · Lesson 3 of 12
Other people and the way one does things
Even work done alone can be shaped by being-with and by the everyday authority Heidegger calls the they. The lesson separates shared norms from conformity and asks how help can support or displace another person’s agency.
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Heidegger: being, a shared world and its limits
Begin with familiar encounters and follow Heidegger’s questions about being, a finite life, truth, art, dwelling and technology. Examine what the arguments explain, what they leave open and how they fare under political and ethical criticism.