Download or read book The Will to Believe Jovian Press written by William James and published by . This book was released on 2017-06-20 with total page 302 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This inspiring classic by William James is an impassioned defence of the right of a person to believe in something without prior evidence having presented itself. This book was originally a lengthy lecture by James, first delivered to audiences in 1896. Setting out to defend the right of individuals to be religious irrespective of pure logic and reason, the lecture highlights many of the proven advantages conferred by the belief in a guiding divine force. James deftly cites many real life examples to prove his points - noting that many tasks or duties require confidence, he notes how individuals can perform and surmount difficulties if they believe in the divine. For such persons to abandon faith would therefore be irrational, as their religious beliefs have helped them in life. This argument is closely aligned with James' personal philosophical alignment with pragmatism. The Will to Believe also contains arguments in favour of persons having their own free will. James contested simply that as he believed in his own free will, he had it. As well as this, we hear several philosophical arguments in which James discusses the merits of empiricism versus absolutism.
Download or read book The Will to Believe written by William James and published by Jovian Press. This book was released on 2018-01-19 with total page 169 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The work of William James contributed greatly to the burgeoning fields of psychology, particularly in the areas of education, religion, mysticism and pragmatism. The brother of novelist Henry James and of diarist Alice James, William wrote several powerful essays expressing his ideas on the pragmatic theory of truth, sentience, and human beings' right to believe.
Download or read book The Will to Believe written by William James and published by . This book was released on 1896 with total page 360 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Download or read book The Will to Believe written by William James and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2016-09-02 with total page 30 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Will to Believe - William James. "The Will to Believe" is a lecture by William James, first published in 1896, which defends, in certain cases, the adoption of a belief without prior evidence of its truth. In particular, James is concerned in this lecture about defending the rationality of religious faith even lacking sufficient evidence of religious truth. James states in his introduction: "I have brought with me tonight [...] an essay in justification of faith, a defense of our right to adopt a believing attitude in religious matters, in spite of the fact that our merely logical intellect may not have been coerced. 'The Will to Believe, ' accordingly, is the title of my paper." James' central argument in "The Will to Believe" hinges on the idea that access to the evidence for whether or not certain beliefs are true depends crucially upon first adopting those beliefs without evidence. As an example, James argues that it can be rational to have unsupported faith in one's own ability to accomplish tasks that require confidence. Importantly, James points out that this is the case even for pursuing scientific inquiry. James then argues that like belief in one's own ability to accomplish a difficult task, religious faith can also be rational even if one at the time lacks evidence for the truth of one's religious belief.
Download or read book The Will to Believe written by William James and published by Courier Corporation. This book was released on 1956-01-01 with total page 450 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Intellect, will, belief, chance, and free will are among the topics touched upon in two works by the American psychologist
Download or read book The Will to Believe as a Basis for the Defense of Religious Faith written by Ettie Stettheimer and published by . This book was released on 1907 with total page 114 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book William James on the Courage to Believe written by Robert J. O'Connell and published by Fordham Univ Press. This book was released on 2018-09-18 with total page 223 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: William James’ celebrated lecture on “The Will to Believe” has kindled spirited controversy since the day it was delivered. In this lively reappraisal of that controversy, Father O’Connell contributes some fresh contentions: that James’ argument should be viewed against his indebtedness to Pascal and Renouvier; that it works primarily to validate our “over-beliefs” ; and most surprising perhaps, that James envisages our “passional nature” as intervening, not after, but before and throughout, our intellectual weighing of the evidence for belief.
Download or read book The Will to Believe and Human Immortality written by William James and published by Courier Corporation. This book was released on 2012-05-23 with total page 448 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Two books bound together, from religious period of one of the most renowned and representative thinkers. Illuminations of age-old religious questions from a pragmatic perspective, written in a luminous style.
Download or read book The Will to Believe written by William James and published by Createspace Independent Pub. This book was released on 2015-03-02 with total page 352 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Will to BelieveBy William James
Download or read book The Will to Believe written by William James and published by Image. This book was released on 1995 with total page 107 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: One of the founders of psychology offers his classic exposition of the need for faith in the modern age, accompanied by several other of his most important works in a handy pocket edition. Original.
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Download or read book The Justification of Faith in the Will to Believe written by William David Roach and published by . This book was released on 1984 with total page 112 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
