The Project Gutenberg E-text of The Will to Believe

About this eBook

Author

James, William, 1842-1910

Title

The Will to Believe, and Other Essays in Popular Philosophy

Credits

Produced by Al Haines. (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive.)

Language

English

LoC Class

B: Philosophy, Psychology, Religion

Subject

Belief and doubt

Category

Text

eBook-No.

26659

Project Gutenberg

https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/26659

Release Date

September 19, 2008

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.THE WILL TO BELIEVE
2. 2.AND OTHER ESSAYS IN POPULAR PHILOSOPHY — BY WILLIAM JAMES — LONGMANS, GREEN, AND CO. — FOURTH AVENUE & 30TH STREET, NEW YORK LONDON, BOMBAY, AND CALCUTTA 1912 — To My Old Friend, CHARLES SANDERS PEIRCE, To whose philosophic comradeship in old times and to whose writings in more recent years I owe more incitement and help than I can express or repay. — PREFACE.
3. 3.CONTENTS. — PAGE — THE WILL TO BELIEVE 1 — IS LIFE WORTH LIVING 32 — THE SENTIMENT OF RATIONALITY 63 — REFLEX ACTION AND THEISM 111 — THE DILEMMA OF DETERMINISM 145 — THE MORAL PHILOSOPHER AND THE MORAL LIFE 184 — GREAT MEN AND THEIR ENVIRONMENT 216 — THE IMPORTANCE OF INDIVIDUALS 255 — ON SOME HEGELISMS 263 — WHAT PSYCHICAL RESEARCH HAS ACCOMPLISHED 299 — INDEX 329
4. 4.POPULAR PHILOSOPHY. — THE WILL TO BELIEVE.[ 1 ] — I. — II. — III. — IV. — V. — VI. — VII. — VIII. — IX. — X. — IS LIFE WORTH LIVING?[ 1 ] — I — II. — III. — IV. — THE SENTIMENT OF RATIONALITY.[ 1 ] — I. — REFLEX ACTION AND THEISM.[ 1 ] — MEMBERS OF THE MINISTERS' INSTITUTE: — THE DILEMMA OF DETERMINISM.[ 1 ] — THE MORAL PHILOSOPHER AND THE MORAL LIFE.[ 1 ] — I. — II. — III. — IV. — V. — GREAT MEN AND THEIR ENVIRONMENT.[ 1 ] — THE IMPORTANCE OF INDIVIDUALS. — ON SOME HEGELISMS.[ 1 ] — WHAT PSYCHICAL RESEARCH HAS ACCOMPLISHED.[ 1 ] — INDEX. — By the Same Author — Transcriber's notes:

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