William James on the Courage to Believe
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...
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| Formato: | Libro electrónico |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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New York, NY :
Fordham University Press
[2019]
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| Colección: | De Gruyter Open Access ebooks.
American Philosophy. |
| Acceso en línea: | Conectar con la versión electrónica |
| Ver en Universidad de Navarra: | https://innopac.unav.es/record=b43313693*spi |
| Sumario: | 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. |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 recurso electrónico (223 p.) |
| Formato: | Forma de acceso: World Wide Web. |
| ISBN: | 9780823285211 |
