Facticity

From Fresh Dictionary

English

Noun

facticity

1. literally the quality or state of being a fact
2. Philosophy: considered one's place, body, past, position, and fundamental relationship to the Other.
3. The collection of "facts" and/or labels which are one half of a dichotomy between transcendence (of consciousness) and a person's facticity.

References

Taken from: The Hazel Barnes translation of Being and Nothingness. Key to special Terminology Co. 1984 Philosophical Library, Inc.