The Role of Philosophical Faith in Karl Jaspers' Existential Thought

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1 PhD in Education, Shahed University, Tehran, Iran

2 M.A. student in English Language Teaching, Payame Noor University, Tabriz, Iran

چکیده

This article examines the ontological foundations of Karl Jaspers' concept of philosophical faith. As a comparison with Heidegger's existential ontology reveals, Jaspers places far greater emphasis on the act of philosophizing than on philosophy itself. From one perspective, Jasper's philosophy has a moral and open character; conversely, this openness is threatened by his theory of the encompassing and his dogmatic understanding of Kant's theoretical tools. Jaspers' existential philosophy, and especially his concept of philosophical faith, can be illuminated by confronting it with the existential philosophy of his colleague, Heinrich Barth. Karl Jaspers' existential philosophy draws on the fundamental ideas of the "Marburg School," particularly the two German philosophers Hermann Cohen and Paul Natorp. After World War II, when Heidegger's ontological views cast a shadow over German philosophy, Jaspers and Heinrich Barth, who adhered to Kant and opposed Heidegger's central ideas, could have had a fruitful collaboration, but this cooperation never materialized. Jaspers' existential philosophy led him towards a prophetic stance, but his concept of philosophical faith, which became widely known from his book "Atom" in 1959, continues to attract global attention. In this research, the author has employed a conceptual analysis method of the interpretive and expansive type to elucidate the concept of philosophical faith in Jaspers and has attempted to provide a better understanding of his existential philosophy.

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عنوان مقاله [English]

The Role of Philosophical Faith in Karl Jaspers' Existential Thought

نویسندگان [English]

  • Mahmoud Dorosti 1
  • Mohaddaseh Rezaei 2

1 PhD in Education, Shahed University, Tehran, Iran

2 M.A. student in English Language Teaching, Payame Noor University, Tabriz, Iran

چکیده [English]

This article examines the ontological foundations of Karl Jaspers' concept of philosophical faith. As a comparison with Heidegger's existential ontology reveals, Jaspers places far greater emphasis on the act of philosophizing than on philosophy itself. From one perspective, Jasper's philosophy has a moral and open character; conversely, this openness is threatened by his theory of the encompassing and his dogmatic understanding of Kant's theoretical tools. Jaspers' existential philosophy, and especially his concept of philosophical faith, can be illuminated by confronting it with the existential philosophy of his colleague, Heinrich Barth. Karl Jaspers' existential philosophy draws on the fundamental ideas of the "Marburg School," particularly the two German philosophers Hermann Cohen and Paul Natorp. After World War II, when Heidegger's ontological views cast a shadow over German philosophy, Jaspers and Heinrich Barth, who adhered to Kant and opposed Heidegger's central ideas, could have had a fruitful collaboration, but this cooperation never materialized. Jaspers' existential philosophy led him towards a prophetic stance, but his concept of philosophical faith, which became widely known from his book "Atom" in 1959, continues to attract global attention. In this research, the author has employed a conceptual analysis method of the interpretive and expansive type to elucidate the concept of philosophical faith in Jaspers and has attempted to provide a better understanding of his existential philosophy.

کلیدواژه‌ها [English]

  • Philosophical faith
  • Karl Jaspers
  • Heidegger
  • Heinrich Barth
  • Existential philosophy
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