Karl Jaspers' Theory of Irrationality
From Delusions to Worldviews
Seiten
2025
Lexington Books (Verlag)
978-1-6669-3428-1 (ISBN)
Lexington Books (Verlag)
978-1-6669-3428-1 (ISBN)
In Karl Jaspers’ Theory of Irrationality, Daniel Adsett explains how a Jaspersian view of irrationality makes better sense of the irrationality of delusions and worldviews than competing views, offering a novel contribution to contemporary debates about the character of reason.
Defending the view that Karl Jaspers’ concept of irrationality (Widervernunft) is better able to account for pathological patterns of individual and collective thinking, Karl Jaspers’ Theory of Irrationality: From Delusions to Worldviews argues that irrationality is incorrigibility, a blockage of reason as the will to communication. Highlighting the importance of freedom and creativity at the heart of reason (Vernunft), Daniel Adsett analyzes examples of delusional thought through a Jaspersian lens. He shows that irrationality arises when we hold to certain attitudes with an incorrigible conviction and refuse to genuinely consider the possibility that we might need to revise or change our beliefs. In presenting these arguments, Adsett offers a novel contribution to contemporary debates about the character of reason while rehabilitating an often neglected aspect of Jaspers’ thought.
Defending the view that Karl Jaspers’ concept of irrationality (Widervernunft) is better able to account for pathological patterns of individual and collective thinking, Karl Jaspers’ Theory of Irrationality: From Delusions to Worldviews argues that irrationality is incorrigibility, a blockage of reason as the will to communication. Highlighting the importance of freedom and creativity at the heart of reason (Vernunft), Daniel Adsett analyzes examples of delusional thought through a Jaspersian lens. He shows that irrationality arises when we hold to certain attitudes with an incorrigible conviction and refuse to genuinely consider the possibility that we might need to revise or change our beliefs. In presenting these arguments, Adsett offers a novel contribution to contemporary debates about the character of reason while rehabilitating an often neglected aspect of Jaspers’ thought.
Daniel Adsett is assistant professor teaching business ethics and philosophy at the American University in Bulgaria.
Acknowledgments
Abbreviations
A Note on Translations
Introduction
Chapter 1: Foundationalism, Coherentism, and the Normativity of Rationality
Chapter 2: Jaspers on Irrationality
Chapter 3: What’s So Irrational about Delusions? – Part I
Chapter 4: What’s So Irrational about Delusions? – Part II
Chapter 5: Irrational Worldviews: On Psychoanalysis, Marxism, and Catholicity
Chapter 6: Reflections and Considerations
Bibliography
Index
About the Author
| Erscheinungsdatum | 31.01.2025 |
|---|---|
| Zusatzinfo | 1 BW Illustration, 2 Tables |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 152 x 229 mm |
| Themenwelt | Geisteswissenschaften ► Philosophie ► Philosophie der Neuzeit |
| ISBN-10 | 1-6669-3428-3 / 1666934283 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-1-6669-3428-1 / 9781666934281 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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