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Work #447 · Mid

Philosophy

Karl Jaspers
1932 (3 vols; English 1969-71) · German
Existentialist philosophy · German existentialism

Jaspers's three-volume systematic existentialist philosophy (1932) — world-orientation, Existenz, metaphysics

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Rows where works disagree are highlighted in gold. The full ontology grid is shown.

Attribute Philosophy (Mid)
Time · Extent Infinite
Time · Ontological Status Substantival
Time · Grain Continuous
Time · Freedom Non-Deterministic
Time · Traversability Linear
Time · Dimensionality One
Time · Direction Uni-directional
Space · Extent Infinite
Space · Ontological Status Substantival
Space · Curvature Flat
Space · Dimensionality Three
Space · Locality Local
Matter · Extent Infinite
Matter · Ontological Status Substantival
Matter · Conservation Conserved
Matter · Dimensionality Three
Matter · Locality Local
Observer · Time Instance Single
Observer · Space Instance Single
Observer · Knowledge Extent Partial
Observer · Knowledge Retainment Total
Observer · Physicality Embodied
Observer · Agency Both
Observer · Number Plural
Observer · Metaphysical Agency Personal
Observer · Moral Authority Reason
Observer · Theological Method
Energy · Extent Infinite
Energy · Ontological Status Substantival
Energy · Conservation Conserved
Energy · Dispersibility Irreversible
Information · Ontological Status Substantival
Information · Cosmic Conservation Conserved
Information · Personal Conservation Conserved
Information · Granularity Continuous

Dimension-by-Dimension Evidence

What each work's passages reveal about its stance on each of the six dimensions.

Time

Philosophy

The existential time of self-becoming Existenz.

Space

Philosophy

The three modes of the encompassing.

Matter

Philosophy

The embodied empirical-existential person.

Observer

Philosophy

The self as Existenz toward transcendence.

Energy

Philosophy

Energies of self-illumination and transcending.

Information

Philosophy

Three-volume systematic-existentialist framework.

Internal Tensions

Where each work's argument pulls against itself.

Philosophy

Jaspers's liberal existentialism in continuing dialogue with Heideggerian ontology and Sartrean atheism.