Thinking · Phenomenology
Embodied
Anticipation
Three concepts that become
real
through a body
holger wölfle ·
2026
Zuhandenheit
Readiness-to-hand
The tool dissolves into use
A
functioning tool
withdraws from attention. Only when it
breaks
does it become visible. For AI: a good sensor delivers weighting, not data.
Befindlichkeit
Attunement
Sensory modulation of the self-vector
Mood
is not a defect but information-bearing. It modulates
what
appears as relevant. For AI: sensory input changes the weighting function.
Sorge
Care
Three temporal moments
Already-in
Being-with
Ahead-of
Past
Experience, embedded knowledge
Present
Situational embeddedness
Future
Anticipation, projection
Three perspectives without consciousness
Perspective
Dimension
Framework
Perspective without consciousness
Social
Esposito / Luhmann
Circumspection without consciousness
Physical-pragmatic
Heidegger
Anticipation without consciousness
Temporal
Self-Vector