Beings and Existence, or, Are Humans ‘Beings’?
Abstract
To ‘be’ means to ‘exist’. Therefore a ‘being’ is an entity that exists. 1 Now, a being exists in a ‘world’. As such, all beings exist in a world. And it seems that as of now there is only the world that we find around us, where ‘finding’ includes all the ways of perceiving. Secondly, beings are of various kinds. For example, a stone, a tree, an insect, an animal and a human are all beings. It follows that entities called beings may be animate and may, in our perception at a given time, be inanimate. 2
Fields of Study & Subjects
Phenomenology and Existential Philosophy
Philosophy and Theoretical Science
Philosophy and Historical Thought
Publication details
- Journal / source
- Routledge eBooks
- Pages
- 208–224
- Publication date
- 19 January 2026
- Language
- EN
- Document type
- Book chapter