Philosophical Faith and the Future of Humanity

This book summarizes Karl Jaspers' principles of philosophizing, with unpublished work by Jaspers, and essays on his life and career by colleagues and associates. Covers religious and philosophical faith and the relevance of certainty, trust and communication.

Offers original unpublished and now translated work by Jaspers that outlines his principles of philosophy Contains philosophical autobiography of Leonard Ehrlich, a student of Jaspers and the principal translator of many of Jaspers' works into English Provides an interdisciplinary account of the future of humanity presented by leading scholars on the basis of Jaspers scholarship

Contenu
Foreword, K. Michalski.- Part 1. Introduction, Nachlassfragment, Autobiographical, Science, and Linguistic.- Preface.- Executive Editor's Introduction, H. Wautischer.- Foreword to Karl Jaspers' Principles for Philosophizing, H. Saner.- Principles for Philosophizing: Introduction to Philosophical Life, 1942/43, K. Jaspers.- Philosophical Faith and the Future of Mankind, L.H. Ehrlich.- An Interview with George B. Pepper, G.B. Pepper.- Karl Jaspers: Philosophical Faith of a Scientist, N. Ghaemi.- Honoring the Messenger, S. Kirkbright.- Part 2. Philosophical Faith: Critical and Historical Analyses.- Philosophical Faith and Its Ambiguities, A.M. Olson.- Jaspers' Concept of Philosophical Faith: A New Synthesis? A. Cesana.- Faith and Affirmation, G. Knauss.- Certainty and Trust: Reflections on Karl Jaspers' Cosmo-Anthropology, R. Wiehl.- Three Interpretations of the Content of Jaspers' Philosophical Faith, R. Langley.- Philosophy of Revelation: Remarks on Schelling, Jaspers, and Rosenzweig, W. Schmied-Kowarzik.- Thinking from the Origin: Critical and Personal Remarks on Jaspers' Philosophy of Philosophizing, A. Wildermuth.- Faith, Science, and Philosophy, R. Schulz.- The Philosophy of History in Hegel, Heidegger, and Jaspers, S.A. Erickson
Jaspers' Achsenzeit Hypothesis: A Critical Reappraisal, M. Zank.- Jaspers Meets Confucius, C. Courtney
Verstehen in Historical-Philosophical Interpretation, A.L. Gluck.- Philosophical Faith, Periechontology, and Philosophical Ethics, S. Hayashida.- Can Corporate Capitalism be Redeemed? Business Ethics and the Search for a Renewed Faith in Work, W.M. Hoffman, R.E. McNulty.- Reflections on Philosophical Faith and Faith in the Twenty-First Century, F. Peach.- Part 3. The Future of Humanity: Global Communication and the Project of World Philosophy.- Philosophical Faith & the Foundering of Truth in Time, G.J. Walters.- Toward World Philosophy and a World History of Philosophy. Karl Jaspers: His Work, Calling,and Legacy, R. Wisser.- Humanism and Wars: Karl Jaspers between Politics, Culture, and Law, C. Thornhill.- On Recovering Philosophy: Philosophical Dialogue and Political Philosophy after 9/11, T. Rockmore.- World Philosophy: On Philosophers Making Peace, A. Hügli.- Philosophical Faith as the Will to Communicate: Two Case Studies in Intercultural Understanding, T. Iwasawa.- Faith as Humanity's Essential Communication Bridge, H-J. Seideneck.- Freedom in the Space of Nothingness, M.K. Khazaee.- Philosophical Faith: The Savior of Humanity, I. Sarin.- The Second Axial Age: Fulfilling Human Destiny, C. Piecuch.- Karl Jaspers' Philosophical Faith for the Global Age: The Idea of Civilizational Continuity, J.M. Cho.- The Factor of Listening in Karl Jaspers' Philosophy of Communication, K. Górniak-Kocikowska.