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In Being and Time, States-of-mind show “how one is”.  

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Jeremiah Smith Philosophy 418 Essay #3-Final, Question #2 Dr. Piotr Hoffman 12/13/01 In Being and Time, States-of-mind show "how one is". Similar to moods, states-of-mind are the barometers of the 'is' of a dasein. Anxiety as a state-of-mind reveals that dasin is anxious. Anxiety is primordially a state-of-mind, and similar to fear and falling states-of-mind. Anxiety as a state-of-mind is a categorical demarcation, and does not pertain to dasein without explanation of how anxiety is anxious. How the state-of-mind of anxiety discloses itself to dasein, through entities within the world as well as dasein's being in the world is key. In paragraph 34, Heidegger explains the notion of falling, dealing with how dasein becomes immersed in the "they" or the others around him as well as how dasein is immersed in his concernful dealings in the world1. This is the conceptual framework in which he wishes to place the notion of Anxiety. Fleeing, the action...

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