References
- Karl Jaspers, Psychologie der Weltanschauungen, Berlin, 1919, pp.202, 204; 2nd/3rd eds., Berlin 1920/1925, pp.229, 232; References given in the text as PWI, followed by page reference first to the 1st, then the 2nd/3rd edition.
- Karl Jaspers, Philosophie, 2nd ed., Berlin, Göttingen, Heidelberg, 1948, p.469; Karl Jaspers, Philosophy (transl. E. B. Ashton), 3vols., Chicago and London, 1969–71, p.179; References give in the text as P, followed by page reference first to original and then to the 2nd volume of the English translation. The translations of quotes from P are not always identical with Ashton's.—Already in PWI the reader will find some hints in this direction (e.g. p.277).
- P 468f/178; See also K. Jaspers, Einführung in die Philosophie, Zurich, 1950, p.20; K. Jaspers, Way to Wisdom. An Introduction to Philosophy (transl. R. Manheim), London, 1951, pp.19f.
- ‘Historical Determinacy’ is another term that is sometimes used for this boundary situation, e.g. in C.F. Walraff, Karl Jaspers. An Introduction to his Philosophy, Princeton, 1970, p.143.
- Compare, e.g., M. Dufrenne and P. Ricœur, Karl Jaspers et la philosophie de l'existence, Paris, 1947; C.F. Wallraff, Karl Jaspers. An Introduction to His Philosophy, Princeton, 1970; J. Hersch, Karl Jaspers, Lausanne, 1978; K. Salamun, Karl Jaspers, München, 1985; W. Schüssler, Jaspers, zur Einführung, Hamburg, 1995. All these contain valuable studies of Jaspers’ philosophy, but in neither of them do we find a critical analysis pinpointing the ambiguities in his notion of boundary situation. E. Lazel's paper ‘The concept of ‘Ultimate Situation’ in Jaspers’ Philosophy’ (in P.A. Schilpp (ed), The Philosophy of Karl Jaspers, La Salle, Illinois, 1981) is not untypical in this respect; he too tries to extract-construct a relatively consistent notion of boundary situation, while ignoring or overlooking the ambiguities and inconsistencies in Jaspers’ texts.