Rola poznania naukowego w filozofii Karla Jaspersa (The role of the scientific world orientation in the philosophy of Karl Jaspers)

Karl Jaspers’ doctrine was a continuation of the great tradition of Western philosophy, which sought “the being”. In his conception “the being” was conceived in three ways: as objective being (“being of things”), as subjective being (“me”) and as absolute being (“the being itself”). In this article we deal with the ways of knowing the objective being, especially about science. The author shows how scientific knowledge is an indispensable prerequisite for philosophy. On the other hand, metaphysic is an important stimulus for doing science. According to Jaspers – the relationship between science and metaphysics can’t be broken.