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- The Cambridge Heidegger Lexicon
- Series page
- The Cambridge Heidegger Lexicon
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Contributors
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
- Using the Lexicon
- Chronology of Martin Heidegger
- Abbreviations for Heidegger’s Works
- A
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- C
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- E
- F
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- 143. Object (Gegenstand)
- 144. Object (Objekt)
- 145. Occurrentness (Vorhandenheit)
- 146. Ontic (Ontisch)
- 147. Onto-theo-logy (Onto-theo-logie)
- 148. Ontology (Ontologie)
- 149. Open (Offene)
- 150. Oscillation (Schwingung)
- 151. Overcoming (Überwindung)
- P
- R
- S
- T
- U
- V
- W
- German–English Glossary
- Bibliography
- Index
143. - Object (Gegenstand)
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Published online by Cambridge University Press: 17 April 2021
- The Cambridge Heidegger Lexicon
- Series page
- The Cambridge Heidegger Lexicon
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Contributors
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
- Using the Lexicon
- Chronology of Martin Heidegger
- Abbreviations for Heidegger’s Works
- A
- B
- C
- D
- E
- F
- G
- H
- I
- J
- K
- L
- M
- N
- O
- 143. Object (Gegenstand)
- 144. Object (Objekt)
- 145. Occurrentness (Vorhandenheit)
- 146. Ontic (Ontisch)
- 147. Onto-theo-logy (Onto-theo-logie)
- 148. Ontology (Ontologie)
- 149. Open (Offene)
- 150. Oscillation (Schwingung)
- 151. Overcoming (Überwindung)
- P
- R
- S
- T
- U
- V
- W
- German–English Glossary
- Bibliography
- Index
Summary
An object is something that is characterized by standing a certain distance from a perceiver, thinker, or knower, and that appears to her within a form of apparently self-contained presence, persistence, and stability. Heidegger defines “object” in this way by going back to the literal meaning of the German term Gegenstand: “something, that stands (over) against.”
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- The Cambridge Heidegger Lexicon , pp. 531 - 534Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2021