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Karl Jaspers neoegzisztencialista nézőpontból
Karl Jaspers from Neoexistentialist Perspective

Author(s): Csaba Olay
Subject(s): Philosophy
Published by: Erdélyi Múzeum-Egyesület
Keywords: neoexistentialism; existence; Jaspers; Heidegger; border situation; indirect communication

Summary/Abstract: In this paper it is argued that Karl Jaspers’ philosophy of existence has a complicated net of relations to what the author has baptized „neoexistentialism”. In the fi rst part, I give the basic outline of neoexistentialism with special attention on human existence as basic problem of philosophy and on diffi culties of analyzing and talking about existence. In the second part of the paper, Jaspers’ thought is analyzed from the perspective of neoexistentialism by taking a closer look at Jaspers’ ideas on the form of communication proper to philosophy, on some implications of the conception of existence, and on mass existence of modern man. While highlighting common aspects, the paper also emphasizes differences between the two respective positions.

  • Issue Year: LXXV/2013
  • Issue No: 2
  • Page Range: 52-62
  • Page Count: 10
  • Language: Hungarian