He began teaching psychiatry at the University of Heidelberg in 1916, three years after publishing his General Psychopathology. However, he switched to philosophy becoming chair of the department until 1937. He is the author of Psychology of World Views, which attempts to catalog various possible attitudes toward life, and 
He began teaching psychiatry at the University of Heidelberg in 1916, three years after publishing his General Psychopathology. However, he switched to philosophy becoming chair of the department until 1937. He is the author of Psychology of World Views, which attempts to catalog various possible attitudes toward life, and is famous for his term "the encompassing" which refers to the ultimate limits of being. FTP, name this Swiss philosopher, author of Philosophy and Existence, and an early proponent of existentialism.
He began teaching psychiatry at the University of Heidelberg in 1916, three years after publishing his General Psychopathology.
Karl Jaspers