Towards world philosophy and a world history of philosophy—Karl Jaspers
his work, calling, and legacy
pp. 287-298
in: Helmut Wautischer, Alan Olson, Gregory J. Walters (eds), Philosophical faith and the future of humanity, Berlin, Springer, 2012Abstract
Professor Wisser's address to students during the Summer Semester of 1995 at the University of Mainz (Germany) regarding the contributions of Karl Jaspers on world philosophy, a history of world philosophy, and the value of his thought for philosophizing in general. Discussion of the semantics of seeing, hearing, and learning and what Jaspers has to offer as regards the continuous project of Bildung as contrast to other major figures in the history of Western philosophy and theology.
