Karl Jaspers on Truth and Dialogue - A Rethinking of His Philosophy of Universal Communication

At the heart of Karl Jaspers on Truth and Dialogue is the question of the possibilities and limits of global communication. Anton Hügli shows how disastrous it is for the individual, for society, and for the destiny of humanity when the will to communicate is lacking.

List of contents

Preface
Abbreviations
Introduction
1. A First Approach to Karl Jaspers
2. The Modes of Encompassing and Their Different Sense of Truth
3. Choosing One's Self - An Approach to the Concept of Existence
4. Loneliness (Einsamkeit) and Communication
5. Encounters with Transcendence
6. Jaspers' Notion of Illumination of Reason
7. The Decision Between Direct and Indirect Communication
8. Jasper's Philosophy as an Expression of His Unconditional Will to Communicate
9. The Idea of the One and Negative Theology
10. Philosophical Faith
11. Democracy as Self-Education. The Will to Unconditional Communication in Politics
Summary
Bibliography
About the Autho

About the author

Anton Hügli

Product details

• Authors: Anton Hügli, Hã1/4gli Anton, Anton Hugli, Anton Hügli
• Publisher: Lexington Books
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 16.12.2024
• EAN: 9781793649126
• ISBN: 978-1-79364-912-6
• No. of pages: 238
• Series: Contemporary Studies in Idealism
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Philosophy > General, dictionaries; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Philosophy: antiquity to present day; PHILOSOPHY / History & Surveys / Modern, PSYCHOLOGY / Psychopathology / General, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / Social Theory, PHILOSOPHY / Movements / Idealism, Idealism, Western philosophy from c 1800, Western philosophy: c 1600 to c 1900