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- Title: William James on the Courage to Believe
- Author : Robert J. O'Connell S.J.
- Release Date : January 18, 2018
- Genre: Philosophy,Books,Nonfiction,
- Pages : * pages
- Size : 1763 KB
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William Jamesā celebrated lecture on āThe Will to Believeā has kindled spirited controversy since the day it was delivered. In this lively reappraisal of that controversy, Father OāConnell contributes some fresh contentions: that Jamesā argument should be viewed against his indebtedness to Pascal and Renouvier; that it works primarily to validate our āover-beliefsā ; and most surprising perhaps, that James envisages our āpassional natureā as intervening, not after, but before and throughout, our intellectual weighing of the evidence for belief.