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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
- E
- F
- 82. Facticity (Faktizität)
- 83. Falling (Verfallen)
- 84. Finitude (Endlichkeit)
- 85. Fittingness (Fug)
- 86. For-the-sake-of-which (Umwillen, Worumwillen)
- 87. Fore-structure (Vor-Struktur)
- 88. Forgetfulness of Being (Seinsvergessenheit)
- 89. Formal Indication (Anzeige, Anzeigen)
- 90. Fourfold (Geviert)
- 91. Freedom (Freiheit)
- 92. Function (Funktion)
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- German–English Glossary
- Bibliography
- Index
92. - Function (Funktion)
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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
- 82. Facticity (Faktizität)
- 83. Falling (Verfallen)
- 84. Finitude (Endlichkeit)
- 85. Fittingness (Fug)
- 86. For-the-sake-of-which (Umwillen, Worumwillen)
- 87. Fore-structure (Vor-Struktur)
- 88. Forgetfulness of Being (Seinsvergessenheit)
- 89. Formal Indication (Anzeige, Anzeigen)
- 90. Fourfold (Geviert)
- 91. Freedom (Freiheit)
- 92. Function (Funktion)
- G
- H
- I
- J
- K
- L
- M
- N
- O
- P
- R
- S
- T
- U
- V
- W
- German–English Glossary
- Bibliography
- Index
Summary
The function of a thing is the operation it performs, the part or role it plays in achieving an overall end or purpose: “the particular function must … be understood in terms of the purpose or goal” (GA1:417/BH 62). “‘Function’ means … an ‘operating,’ the execution of an essential unfolding” (GA6.2:293/N3 244).
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- The Cambridge Heidegger Lexicon , pp. 345 - 346Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2021