EE 295 Lecture Notes - Lecture 13: Carl Mitcham, Dasein, Ineni
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This time on who is the person, the engineer, the person as engineer. Being-in-the-world has three key structures (which he calls existentiales). They are: mood or state-of-mind (befindlichkeit, understanding (verstehen, fallen-ness (verfallen) In the authentic dasein, in the person as engineer as dasein, The personality / character distinction comes to bear. Personality sides with the inauthentic way of being & character with the authentic. Tree metaphor: the root of the tree is character (not obvious, hidden, underground) and personality is above ground. Character lies at the core of our being. Personality is how we are perceived by others around us. Personality and character may be the same or they may be very different. Personality relates more to the engineer as person while. Character relates more to the person as engineer . Our focus on person as engineer implies a concern for character. Some character traits common to the pre-modern and modern engineer he or she is:
