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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1979

MAR TINUS NIJHOFF PUBLISHERS THE HAGUE/BOSTON/LONDON

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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

The