Simon Critchley dedicated his column on The Guardian to Heidegger's concept of thrownness and explained it using the aforementioned verse of The Doors. In their 1986 book Understanding Computers and Cognition. A New Foundation for Design'', authors Terry Winograd and Fernando Flores applied Heidegger's concept of thrownness to the field of software design. See also Facticity in Heidegger References External links Continental philosophy Martin Heidegger Philosophical analogies Philosophy of life de:Terminologie Heideggers#Geworfenheit it:Essere e tempo#L'esser-ci come situazione emotiva