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Karl Jaspers
Jaspers, Karl Theodor
Jaspers, Karl Theodor (1883–1969) German philosopher and psychopathologist. Jaspers was professor of psychology (1921–48) at the University of Heidelberg. His major work,
Philosophy (1932), presents an individual interpretation of
existentialism. Jaspers argued that the deepest insights into human nature are revealed in ‘limit situations’, such as death.
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Karl Jaspers: A Biography--Navigations in Truth.(Book Review)
Magazine article from: Journal of Phenomenological Psychology; 3/22/2005; ; 700+ words
; Suzanne Kirkbright, Karl Jaspers: A Biography--Navigations...monograph by Hans Saner, Karl Jaspers: in Selbstzeugnissen...immediately gave his approval. Jaspers studied medicine in Berlin...existed between Ernst and Karl would seem to be unique...
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A COSMOPOLITAN FAITH IN KARL JASPERS: DECOUPLING COMMITMENT AND NARROWNESS.
Magazine article from: Journal of Ecumenical Studies; 1/1/2000; ; 700+ words
; PRECIS The author examines Karl Jaspers's decoupling of commitment and narrowness...a loss of commitment. Introduction Karl Jaspers (1883-1969) held a peculiar...atheistic humanism of Auguste Comte, Karl Marx, or Friedrich Nietzsche. [2...
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Die Sprache in der Philosophie von karl Jaspers.(Review)
Magazine article from: The Modern Language Review; 4/1/1999; ; 700+ words
; Die Sprache in der Philosophie von Karl Jaspers. By DONATELLA DI CESARE. Tubingen and Basel: Francke...80. The aim to understand the role of language in Karl Jaspers's thought is an ambitious undertaking. Jaspers warned...
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Die Schuldfrage sixty years after.(Karl Jaspers)
Magazine article from: The Review of Metaphysics; 9/1/2006; ; 700+ words
; ...Sixty years after its publication, Karl Jaspers's Die Schuldfrage (1) rewards...historical setting for understanding Jaspers's book should be evident. The...It was also in this context that Jaspers himself, who in 1937 had been...
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Arendt, Heidegger, Jaspers: thinking through the breach in tradition.(Hannah Arendt, Martin Heidegger, and Karl Jaspers )(Critical essay)
Magazine article from: Social Research; 12/22/2007; ; 700+ words
; ...HANNAH ARENDT, Martin Heidegger, and Karl Jaspers shared a common world of thought and...as ushering in a new era, whereas Karl Jaspers criticized anti-Semitism...of thinking for and toward Being. Karl Jaspers linked questions of moral...
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JASPERS AND RICOEUR ON THE SELF AND THE OTHER
Magazine article from: Philosophy Today; 12/1/2004; ; 700+ words
; The relationship between Karl Jaspers and Paul Ricoeur is remarkable...on Ricoeur's critique of Jasper's understanding of religious...goes, Ricoeur dismisses Jaspers' faith as a form of Don Juanism; while Jaspers' and his followers see in...
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Greyhounds: Jaspers to stand at stud in England.(Sports)
Newspaper article from: The Racing Post (London, England); 9/7/2000; ; 415 words
; JASPERS BOY, recently retired from racing after sustaining a broken...weeks ago and she is reported "heavily in pup" by part-owner Karl Rugg. David Pruhs, who trained Jaspers Boy throughout his career, said yesterday: "I know the lads...
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Brothers buy half-share in Jaspers Boy.(Sports)
Newspaper article from: The Racing Post (London, England); 7/25/1998; ; 501 words
; A HALF-SHARE in Jaspers Boy, favourite for Monday...to Fenland- based brothers Karl and Patrick Rugg. The pair...sponsored Invitation event. Karl said yesterday: "We'd been trying to buy Jaspers Boy for quite some time but...
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Jasper County, S.C., Not Giving Up on Port Dream.
Newspaper article from: Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News; 3/26/2004; 700+ words
; ...Tribune Business News Mar. 26--Jasper County is renewing its quest...terminal. For more than a decade, Jasper County officials have dreamed...terminal. But Georgia ignored Jasper's offer to buy the property...between ship and shore, said Karl Manrodt, assistant professor...
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JASPER W. FOREMAN JR.(LOCAL)
Newspaper article from: The Virginian Pilot; 7/18/1996; 331 words
; NORFOLK -- Jasper W. Foreman Jr. of the 2500...two sons, Mansai Know and Jasper Joyner, both of Virginia...parents, Edith L. Foreman and Jasper W. Foreman Sr., both of...Chesapeake; three brothers, Karl Foreman and Shawn Foreman...
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Karl Jaspers
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography
Karl Jaspers The German philosopher Karl Jaspers (1883-1969) wrote important works on psychopathology, systematic philosophy, and historical interpretation. Karl Jaspers was born in Oldenburg, close to the North Sea coast...
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Jaspers, Karl Theodor
Book article from: World Encyclopedia
Jaspers, Karl Theodor (1883–1969) German philosopher and psychopathologist. Jaspers was professor of psychology (1921...individual interpretation of existentialism . Jaspers argued that the deepest insights into...
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Jaspers, Karl
Book article from: The Concise Oxford Dictionary of the Christian Church
Jaspers, Karl (1883–1969), German philosopher. He developed a Christian...existence and especially characterized by the need for self-communication. Jaspers repudiated the exclusive claims of Christ, though in his last works he...
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existentialism
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
...are Søren Kierkegaard, Karl Jaspers, Martin Heidegger, Gabriel Marcel...leading German existentialist was Karl Jaspers, who developed the central...theologians and religious thinkers such as Karl Barth, Martin Buber, Paul Tillich...
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Phenomenology and Psychoanalysis
Dictionary entry from: International Dictionary of Psychoanalysis
...the use of "phenomenology." For Karl Jaspers, the word meant the subjective...referred to an intuitive feeling. Jaspers regarded the failure of such spontaneous...process in his view of the disorder. Jaspers's usage was quickly and widely...
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