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  • Essay / Heidegger and sport - 1561

    Humans act in different ways. Whether it is a habitual activity that seems automatic or a skilled activity that requires more explicit concentration, body movements occur to achieve a goal. What sometimes seems to get lost in the mix is ​​human use and interaction with objects. Dribbling a basketball, throwing the baseball at home plate with a glove, or handing the bat to the announcer in a relay, for example, are ways people use objects in sports. This use of available objects lends itself to Heidegger’s concept of “ready at hand.” Availability for contact is crucial for understanding human action and the nature of sporting action. Heidegger sees the human being, then objects, either in relation to human activity or in terms of worldly existence. Heidegger also believes that humans act with a purpose, but more to show care and concern for others and objects. Heidegger focuses on action to develop relationship and harmony between humans and non-humans. This becomes important when watching sports. Because sporting action is an example of existence in the world. Heidegger makes a point of ensuring that there is an understanding of phenomenology. The study of method, or a way of doing philosophy, seems important because it gives a descriptive technique of how things appear through the eyes and mind of each individual. Heidegger states that “what we seek is being. And we have formally defined the “phenomenon” in the phenomenological sense as that which manifests itself as being and as a structure of being” (91). Furthermore, “globality is an ontological concept” and represents the structure of one of the “constitutive elements of being-in-the-world”. But we know Being-in-the-world as a way by which the character of Dasein is defined existenti...... middle of article ...... circumspectly referring to or assigning itself, which in turn is based on a prior understanding of the individual. Availability at our fingertips is therefore an essential part of how humans interact with the world. Relationships and being can be reflected in sporting action. Much of sport depends on its ability to appropriate other entities in the world and exploit their usefulness, such as a basketball for scoring, pads for protecting football players, or clubs for golfers to can hit a ball 300 yards. A goal could not be scored without a soccer ball, nor could spectators enjoy the glory of a grand slam without a baseball bat. Heidegger's formulation of body-to-body availability plays an important role in highlighting the human capacity to act and excel. Without the ability to find, make, and use materials, the human experience would be implausibly altered. Works cited by Heidegger. Being and time.