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Karl Theodor Jaspers (/ ˈ j æ s p ər z /, German: [kaʁl ˈjaspɐs] ⓘ; 23 February 1883 – 26 February 1969) was a German-Swiss psychiatrist and philosopher who had a strong influence on modern theology, psychiatry, and philosophy.
Jun 5, 2006 · Karl Jaspers. First published Mon Jun 5, 2006; substantive revision Mon Mar 7, 2022. Karl Jaspers (1883–1969) began his academic career working as a psychiatrist and, after a period of transition, he converted to philosophy in the early 1920s.
Karl Jaspers (born Feb. 23, 1883, Oldenburg, Ger.—died Feb. 26, 1969, Basel, Switz.) was a German philosopher, one of the most important Existentialists in Germany, who approached the subject from man’s direct concern with his own existence. In his later work, as a reaction to the disruptions of Nazi rule in Germany and World War II, he ...
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Jun 5, 2006 · Karl Jaspers (1883–1969) began his academic career as a psychologist and, after a period of transition, he converted to philosophy in the early 1920s. Throughout the middle decades of the twentieth century he exercised considerable influence on a number of areas of philosophical inquiry: especially on epistemology, the philosophy of religion ...
May 14, 2018 · Learn about Karl Jaspers, a German existential philosopher and a founder of modern existentialism. Explore his views on transcendence, existence, myth, history, and philosophy.
As Jaspers’ understanding of philosophy deepened, he gradually discarded his belief in the role of a prophetic vision in philosophy. He bent all his energies toward the development of a philosophy that would be independent of science but that would not become a substitute for religious beliefs.
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Karl Jaspers, (born Feb. 23, 1883, Oldenburg, Ger.—died Feb. 26, 1969, Basel, Switz.), German-Swiss philosopher and psychiatrist. As a research psychiatrist, he helped establish psychopathology on a rigorous, scientifically descriptive basis, especially in his General Psychopathology (1913).
