Heidegger’s pre-ontological comprehension of being escapes the vicious circle

Evidence

It is from this point of view that we can understand the famous Scholastic argument according to which there is a vicious circle in every proposition which concerns being, since any judgment about being already implies being. But in actuality there is no vicious circle, for it is not necessary again to pass beyond the being of this meaning toward its meaning; the meaning of being is valid for the being of every phenomenon, including its own being. The phenomenon of being is not being, as we have already noted. But it indicates being and requires it—although, in truth, the ontological proof which we mentioned above is not valid especially or uniquely for it; there is one ontological proof valid for the whole domain of consciousness. — Jean-Paul Sartre, Being and Nothingness, 155

Categorization

• XREF: Sartre’s answer to the vicious-circle objection echoes Husserl and prepares the pre-ontological comprehension concept needed for freedom/bad faith. — connects to: Heidegger accesses Being through ordinary everydayness rather than unusual states — Sarah Bakewell, At the Existentialist Café: Freedom,…, 212; Knowing aims to coincide with being yet is structured as not being it; For Heidegger, Being-in-the-world means humans serve as a clearing where things reveal themselves — Sarah Bakewell, At the Existentialist Café: Freedom,…, 591 (+1 more)

Broader Connections

• Heidegger accesses Being through ordinary everydayness rather than unusual states #expands (0.75) — Sarah Bakewell, At the Existentialist Café, 212
• Knowing aims to coincide with being yet is structured as not being it #expands (0.72)