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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
- B
- C
- D
- 51. Danger (Gefahr)
- 52. Dasein
- 53. Death (Tod)
- 54. Destiny (Geschick)
- 55. Destruction (Destruktion, Zerstörung) and Deconstruction (Abbau)
- 56. Difference (Unterscheidung)
- 57. Disclosedness (Erschlossenheit)
- 58. Discourse (Rede)
- 59. Dispersion (Zerstreuung)
- 60. Disposedness (Befindlichkeit)
- 61. Disposition (Austrag)
- 62. Dis-stance (Ent-fernung)
- 63. Dwelling (Wohnen)
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- German–English Glossary
- Bibliography
- Index
61. - Disposition (Austrag)
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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
- 51. Danger (Gefahr)
- 52. Dasein
- 53. Death (Tod)
- 54. Destiny (Geschick)
- 55. Destruction (Destruktion, Zerstörung) and Deconstruction (Abbau)
- 56. Difference (Unterscheidung)
- 57. Disclosedness (Erschlossenheit)
- 58. Discourse (Rede)
- 59. Dispersion (Zerstreuung)
- 60. Disposedness (Befindlichkeit)
- 61. Disposition (Austrag)
- 62. Dis-stance (Ent-fernung)
- 63. Dwelling (Wohnen)
- E
- F
- G
- H
- I
- J
- K
- L
- M
- N
- O
- P
- R
- S
- T
- U
- V
- W
- German–English Glossary
- Bibliography
- Index
Summary
A disposition in general is either the process by means of which a struggle, conflict, or dispute reaches a resolution; or it is the condition in which a formerly fluid, dynamic, changing situation is now settled into a more static, orderly arrangement and thus brought to a kind of completion. Heidegger is interested in ontological dispositions: the settlement of stable configurations of relations that allows entities to manifest themselves. Heidegger’s metaphor for understanding the concept of a disposition is a threshold – the hardened boundary that delimits the inside from the outside and vice versa (see GA12:24/PLT 202). Without a threshold to secure and carry a doorway or gate, the distinction between in and out is insecure and vague. With a threshold in place, the relation of in and out is made stable or brought to a resolution.
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- The Cambridge Heidegger Lexicon , pp. 250Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2021