Understanding of man in the existential philosophy of Karl Jaspers

Skopa V. A.

The article presents an understanding of man in the existential philosophy of Karl Jaspers. It was revealed that the main subject of K. Jaspers' study is a person and history. The concept of the situation turns out to be key in the analysis of human existence. The ability for independent comprehension and free choice is the most important condition for a person's historicity. Freedom and identity are the true value of a person. Genuine self-determination of a person becomes possible only as a result of existential communication, which is understood as an internal, freely chosen connection between people, with the help of which they open up to each other as self-valuable and unique personalities.

Keywords:existence, Karl Jaspers, history, being, rationalism, existential communication.