Death, 'Deathlessness' and Existenz in Karl Jaspers' Philosophy

By: Filiz Page

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Hardcover | 23 January 2008

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Karl Jaspers is one of the most misunderstood twentieth century philosophers, yet his philosophical ideas are relevant to our contemporary existence and our understanding of human finitude and in particular and most specifically, death.

Filiz Peach provides us with a clear explanation of Jaspers's philosophy of existence and seeks to clarify his views on death and 'deathlessness' in relation to the human being. For Jaspers, a human being is not merely a physical entity but a being with a transcendent aspect, in some sense 'deathless'.

This book does not claim to be a comprehensive discourse on Jaspers' philosophy, rather it is a philosophical explanation of his notion of death. It is an exciting piece of research, which sets Jaspers in his historical and philosophical context, highlighting the relevance and importance of his thinking which will appeal to a range of academic disciplines.

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It is a merit of this book to show by many sophisticated and subtle arguments that Jaspers' idea of deathlessness must be interpreted outside of a religious framework. Another merit is the scrupulous explication of basic concepts of Jaspers' philosophy in an analytical style. This analytical approach to Jaspers recommends this book to philosophers in the Anglo-American tradition, and not just to Continental or existentialist philosophers. Philosophy Now It is a merit of this book to show by many sophisticated and subtle arguments that Jaspers' idea of deathlessness must be interpreted outside of a religious framework. Another merit is the scrupulous explication of basic concepts of Jaspers' philosophy in an analytical style. This analytical approach to Jaspers recommends this book to philosophers in the Anglo-American tradition, and not just to Continental or existentialist philosophers.

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Acknowledgements	p. vii
Abbreviations	p. viii
Glossary	p. x
Introduction	p. 1
Death - Some Preliminary Reflections	p. 8
Definition and Criteria of Death	p. 8
The Certainty of Death	p. 12
Some Perspectives on Human Comportment and Attitudes to Death	p. 15
Karl Jaspers' Philosophy of Existence	p. 30
Some Brief Biographical Remarks	p. 30
Jaspers' Philosophical Terminology	p. 32
Jaspers' Concept of Philosophy	p. 43
Jaspers' Concepts of Antinomies and Boundary Situations	p. 55
Jaspers' Concept of Death	p. 71
Jaspers' Concepts of Existenz and 'Deathlessness'	p. 96
Reflections on Some Basic Features of Existenz	p. 96
Existenz and Some Philosophical Problems Arising from it	p. 98
The Relationship Between Existenz and Death	p. 105
Two Interpretations of Jaspers' Concept of 'Deathlessness'	p. 122
Existenz, Eternity as Non-Temporal Duration and 'Deathlessness'	p. 145
Towards an Understanding of the Concept of Eternity	p. 145
Non-temporal Duration as Timelessness	p. 148
Non-temporal Duration as Timelessness Revisited - Eternity as the 'Point'	p. 151
The Augenblick Experience in terms of Eternity as the 'Point'	p. 154
Can the Human Being as Existenz be Deathless?	p. 160
Some Critical Reflections on Jaspers' Existence Philosophy	p. 163
Concluding Remarks	p. 182
Bibliography	p. 188
Index	p. 198
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