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Karl Jaspers in 1910. Jaspers was born in Oldenburg in 1883 to a mother from a local farming community, and a jurist father. He showed an early interest in philosophy, but his father's experience with the legal system influenced his decision to study law at the University of Heidelberg. Jaspers first studied law in Heidelberg and later in ...
Jun 5, 2006 · 1. Biography. Karl Theodor Jaspers was born on 23 rd February 1883 in the North German town of Oldenburg near the North Sea, where his ancestors had lived for generations. He was the son of a banker and a representative of the parliament (Landtagesabgeordneten), Carl Wilhelm Jaspers (1850–1940) and Henriette Tantzen (1862–1941), who also came from a family that was involved in local ...
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 · This is a file in the archives of the Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy. Karl Jaspers. First published Mon 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 ...
Karl Jaspers - Existentialism, Phenomenology, Psychiatrist: In 1913 Jaspers, by virtue of his status in the field of psychology, entered the philosophical faculty—which included a department of psychology—of the University of Heidelberg. His academic advance in the university was rapid. In 1916 he was appointed assistant professor in psychology; in 1920 assistant professor in philosophy ...
- Hans Saner
Kara Rogers. Karl Jaspers - Existentialism, Phenomenology, Philosophy: After the capitulation of Germany, Jaspers saw himself confronted with the tasks of rebuilding the university and helping to bring about a moral and political rebirth of the people. He dedicated all of his energies in the postwar years toward the accomplishment of these two ...
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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.
