William James in focus : willing to believe /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Gavin, W. J. (William J.), 1943-
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Bloomington : Indiana University Press, [2013]
Series:American philosophy.
Subjects:
Table of Contents:
  • 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."