Philosopher
Karl Jaspers
Overview
Karl Theodor Jaspers (; 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. His 1913 work General Psychopathology influenced many later diagnostic criteria, and argued for a distinction between "primary" and "secondary" delusions.
After being trained in and practising psychiatry, Jaspers turned to philosophical inquiry and attempted to develop an innovative philosophical system. He was often viewed as a major exponent of existentialism in Germany, though he did not accept the label.
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Philosophers who discussed Karl Jaspers
- Walter Kaufmann (philosopher)
- Jean Wahl
- Hans-Georg Gadamer
- Friedrich Wilhelm Joseph Schelling
- Søren Kierkegaard
- Theodor W. Adorno
- Baruch Spinoza
- Martin Heidegger
- Erich Fromm
- Paul Ricœur
- Michel Foucault
- Wilhelm Dilthey
- Alexandre Kojève
- Edmund Husserl
- Hannah Arendt
- Albert Camus
- Pierre Hadot
- Paul Oskar Kristeller
- Martin Heidegger and Nazism
- Heinrich Blücher
- Henry Veatch
Ideas Karl Jaspers discusses
- Heidelberg University
- Empiricism
- Friedrich Nietzsche
- Walter Kaufmann (philosopher)
- Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel
- Philosophy
- Hans-Georg Gadamer
- Leap of faith
- Immanuel Kant
- Philosophical theory
- Medicine
- Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
- Liberalism
- Monism
- Mental disorder
- Max Weber
- Meister Eckhart
- Nazi Germany
- Nationalism
- German idealism
- Intellectual
- Psychology
- Plato
- Politics
Place in the tradition
Part of Christian existentialism.