Karl Jaspers
German-Swiss psychiatrist and philosopher (1883–1969)
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Karl Jaspers shaped how psychiatrists think about delusion itself—his 1913 General Psychopathology carved out the "primary vs. secondary" distinction that stuck around. A German-Swiss philosopher-psychiatrist whose work rippled through theology, medicine, and philosophy.
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Karl Theodor Jaspers was a German-Swiss psychiatrist and philosopher who had a strong influence on modern theology, psychiatry, and philosophy. His 1913 work General Psychopathology influenced many later diagnostic criteria, and argued for a distinction between "primary" and "secondary" delusions.
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