Karl Jaspers
Karl Theodor Jaspers (/ˈjæspərz/, 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.
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| Born | Karl Theodor Jaspers 23 February 1883 Oldenburg, German Empire |
| Died | 26 February 1969 (aged 86) Basel, Switzerland |
| Education | University of Heidelberg (MD, 1908) |
| Spouse |
Gertrud Mayer (m. 1910) |
| Era | 20th-century philosophy |
| Region | Western philosophy |
| School | Neo-Kantianism (early) Existentialism (late) Existential phenomenology (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 |
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.
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