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In Heidegger’s Being and Time, how does he define the concept of Dasein?
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Dasein is a term that Heidegger uses to refer to the human subject. In Being and Time, Heidegger explains that Dasein is the being who is in the world and who exists in a state of thrownness, or being-toward-death. Heidegger uses this concept to explain the human condition, and to argue that humans are not simply a collection of biological processes, but rather are always already embedded in a web of meaning and understanding.