Gesinnung bei Kant und Existenz bei Jaspers
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https://doi.org/10.12775/szhf.2025.011Keywords
Kant and Jaspers, Gesinnung, Existenz, Existentialism, German philosophyAbstract
The purpose of this article is to analyze the meaning and function of the concept "Gesinnung" in Immanuel Kant's philosophy and to compare it with one of Karl Jaspers' key philosophical terms, "Existenz." In the first part, the author clarifies the meaning of "Gesinnung" alongside concepts such as "Augenblick" and "Entscheidung." This is followed by a critical analysis of the formative nineteenth-century concept of "Character," before exploring Jaspers' interpretation of "Existenz." Through numerous examples, the author highlights important similarities between "Gesinnung" and "Existenz," demonstrating that both philosophers, despite using different terms, seek to articulate similar fundamental human experiences.
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Eisler Rudolf. 1930. Kant-Lexikon. Nachschlagewerk zu Kants sämtlichen Schriften, Briefe und handschriftlichem Nachlaß. Berlin: E.S. Mittler & Sohn.
Jaspers Karl. 1946. Allgemeine Psychopatologie. Berlin–Heidelberg: Springer.
Jaspers Karl. 1948. Philosophie. Berlin–Göttingen–Heidelberg: Springer.
Kant Immanuel. 1900–. Kants gesammelte Schriften. Hrsg. v. der Königlich-Preußischen (später Deutschen) Akademie der Wissenschaften. Berlin: Georg Reimer, danach Walter de Gruyter.
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