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Karl Jaspers

Karl Theodor Jaspers (/ ˈ j ɑː 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.
Born 23 February 1883Died 26 February 1969Era ContemporaryBy The Editors
Karl Jaspers
An imagined likeness of Karl Jaspers, drawn from contemporary accounts and later engravings.

Karl Theodor Jaspers (/ ˈ j ɑː 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. His 1913 work General Psychopathology influenced many later diagnostic criteria, and argued for a distinction between "primary" and "secondary" delusions.

“Axial Age” — a single phrase that gathers the spirit of the work.

Principal Contributions

  1. 01.Axial AgeA concept central to Karl's thought.
  2. 02.coining the term ExistenzphilosophieA concept central to Karl's thought.
  3. 03.Dasein and Existenz as the two states of beingA concept central to Karl's thought.
  4. 04.subject–object split (Subjekt-Objekt- Spaltung)A concept central to Karl's thought.
  5. 05.theory of communicative transcendenceA concept central to Karl's thought.
  6. 06.limit situationA concept central to Karl's thought.