The Will to Believe, and Other Essays in Popular Philosophy

About this eBook

Author

James, William, 1842-1910

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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