Transcendence and Hermeneutics An Interpretation of the Philosophy o
''The problem of Transcendence is the problem of our time. " I Needless to say, Transcendence was a particularly lively i~sue when Karl Heim wrote these words in the mid-1930's. Within the province of philosophi cal theology and philosophy of religion, h
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STUDIES IN PHILOSOPHY AND RELIGION
volume 2
1. FREUND, ELSE-RAHEL. Franz Rosenzweig's Philosophy of Existence: An Analysis of The Star of Redemption. 1979. ISBN 90 247 20915.
TRANSCENDENCE AND HERMENEUTICS AN INTERPRETATION OFTHE PHILOSOPHY OF KARL JASPERS
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Library of Congress Cataloging in Publication Data Olson, Alan M Transcendence and hermeneutics. Bibliography: p. Includes index. 1. Jasper, Karl, 1883-1969. 2. Transcendentalism. 3. Idealism. 4. Hermeneutics. I. Title. B3279.J34047 193 78-31178 ISBN-l3: 978-90-247-2092-7 e-ISBN-13: 978-94-009-9270-2 DOl: 10.1 007/978-94-009-9270-2
ID1979 by M artinus N ijhoffPublishers bv, The Hague. Softcover reprint ofthe hardcover 1st Edition 1979 All rights reserved. No part ofthis publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in anyform or by any means, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise, without the prior written permission of the publisher, Martinus Nijhoff Publishers bv, P.O.B. 566, 2501 CN The Hague, The Netherlands.
DEDICATION To my parents, MELVIN and LUELLA OLSON who first taught me the meaning of Transcendence.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
IX
Introduction
PART I. TRANSCENDING-THINKING AND ITS MODALITIES
3
PART I INTRODUCTION
1.
The Phenomenon of Disjunction 10 Jaspers and the Possibility of a Scientific Worldview Boundary Experience 14
2.
10
TRANSCENDING IN WORLD-ORIENTATION
12
TRANSCENDING AND EXISTENZ
18
Qualified Negativity and Boundary Situation 19 Freedom, Historicity and Absolute Consciousness 23
3.
TRANSCENDING IN SPECULATIVE METAPHYSICS
30
Jaspers and Metaphysics 31 The Cipher and Transcendence 35
PART II. TRANSCENDING-THINKING AND PHILOSOPHICAL IDEALISM
PART
4.
II
INTRODUCTION
TRANSCENDING IN HISTORICAL CONSCIOUSNESS
45 50
TABLE OF CONTENTS
VIII
5.
JASPERS AND PLATONIC IDEALISM
58
Possible Existenz and Dialectic 59 Boundary Situation and Chorismos·Methexis 62 Transcendence-Itself and the One 66
6.
JASPERS AND KANT
72
Cognitive Transcending and Rationality 75 Transcendence-Itself and the Supersensible 79 Possible Existenz and Voluntarism 86
7.
UNFOLDING TilE ENFOLDING: JASPERS AND MYSTICISM
91
Cognitive Transcending and Learned Ignorance 94 The All Encompassing and the Coincidentia Oppositorum 99 Summary: Jaspers and Philosophical Idealism 106
PART III. TRANSCENDENCE AND HERMENEUTICS PART
8.
III
INTRODUCTION
TRANSCENDING-THINKING AS HERMENEUTIC PHILOSOPHIZING
111
117
On the Reading of Ciphers and Intuition 120 The Content of Ciphers 125 The Cipher of God 129 Philosophical Faith and Christian Faith 137
9.
THE SUCCESSORS AND THE CRITICS OF KARL JASPERS
145
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