William James in focus [electronic resource] : willing to believe / William J. Gavin.
Material type: TextSeries: American philosophyPublication details: Bloomington : Indiana University Press, c2013. 2015)Description: 1 online resource (136 p.)ISBN:- 9780253007957
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- B945.J24 G385 2013
Includes bibliographical references and index.
James's life: will to believe as affirmation -- "Will to believe": policing versus free-roaming -- Principles of psychology: consciousness as a constitutive stream -- Varieties of religious experience: mysticism as a vague "exemplar" -- Pragmatism: corridor as "latent" and "the will to believe" -- Metaphysics: radical empiricism and pure experience -- "Pure" versus "impure" experience: examples of pure experience -- Challenges to "the will to believe" -- Conclusion: pragmatism, death, and "the will to believe".
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