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Did Karl Jaspers accept the label of existentialist?

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The answer is no, Karl Jaspers did not accept the label of existentialist. He distanced himself from the existentialist movement, claiming that it overemphasized the individual's subjective experience and neglected the objective reality of the world. Jaspers believed that philosophy should focus on the human condition as a whole, rather than on individual existence.
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