Karl Jaspers

Karl Jaspers
Jaspers in 1946
Born
Karl Theodor Jaspers

(1883-02-23)23 February 1883
Died26 February 1969(1969-02-26) (aged 86)
Basel, Switzerland
EducationUniversity of Heidelberg
(MD, 1908)
Spouse
Gertrud Mayer
(m. 1910)
[3]
Era20th-century philosophy
RegionWestern philosophy
SchoolNeo-Kantianism (early)[1]
Existentialism (late)
Existential phenomenology[2] (late)
Main interests
Psychiatry, theology, philosophy of history
Notable ideas
Axial Age; coining the term Existenzphilosophie; Dasein and Existenz as the two states of being, subject–object split (Subjekt-Objekt-Spaltung); theory of communicative transcendence, limit situation[1]

Karl Theodor Jaspers (/ˈjæspərz/, German: [kaʁl ˈjaspɐs] ;[4][5] 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 discover an innovative philosophical system. He was often viewed as a major exponent of existentialism in Germany, though he did not accept the label.

  1. ^ a b Cite error: The named reference SEP was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ Ernesto Spinelli (2007). Practising Existential Psychotherapy: The Relational World, Sage, p. 52: "Karl Jaspers can be considered to be among the earliest direct attempts to apply existential phenomenology to psychotherapy".
  3. ^ Gertrud Jaspers (Mayer) Geni
  4. ^ "Duden | Karl | Rechtschreibung, Bedeutung, Definition". Duden (in German). Retrieved 22 October 2018. Kạrl
  5. ^ "Duden | Jaspers | Rechtschreibung, Bedeutung, Definition". Duden (in German). Archived from the original on 22 October 2018. Retrieved 22 October 2018. Jạspers

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