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William James celebrated lecture on The Will to Believehas kindled spirited controversy since the day it was delivered. In this lively reappraisal of that controversy, Father OConnell 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 natureas intervening, not after, but before and throughout, our intellectual weighing of the evidence for belief.
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William James On the Courage to Believe American Philosophy Series ; No. 8
author
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O'Connell, Robert J.
publisher
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Fordham University Press
isbn10 | asin
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0823217280
print isbn13
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9780823217281
ebook isbn13
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9780585171340
language
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English
subject
James, William,--1842-1910.--Will to believe, Philosophy, Belief and doubt.
publication date
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1997
lcc
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B945.J23W536 1997eb
ddc
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121/.6
subject
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James, William,--1842-1910.--Will to believe, Philosophy, Belief and doubt.
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William James on the Courage to Belive
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AMERICAN PHILOSOPHY SERIES
1. Peirce and Contemporary Thought: Philosophical Inquiries, edited by Kenneth Laine Ketner
2. Classic American Philosophers: Peirce, James, Royce, Santayana, Dewey, Whitehead, edited by Max H. Fisch, second edition Introduction by Nathan Houser
3. John E. Smith, Experience and God, second edition
4. Vincent G. Potter, Peirce's Philosophical Perspectives, edited by Vincent M. Colapietro
5. Philosophy in Experience: American Philosophy in Transition, edited by Richard E. Hart and Douglas R. Anderson
6. Vincent G. Potter, Charles S. Peirce: On Norms and Ideals, second edition Introduction by Stanley M. Harrison
7. Reason, Experience, and God: John E. Smith in Dialogue, edited by Vincent M. Colapietro
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William James on the Courage to Believe
Second Edition
Robert J. O'Connell, S.J.
FORDHAM UNIVERSITY PRESS NEW YORK 1997
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Copyright 1997 by FORDHAM UNIVERSITY PRESS All rights reserved.
LC 97-12135
ISBN 0-8232-1727-2 (hardcover)
ISBN 0-8232-1728-0 (paperback)
ISSN 1073-2764
American Philosophy Series No. 8 Vincent M. Colapietro, Editor Vincent G. Potter (1929-1994), Founding Editor
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data O'Connell, Robert J. William James on the courage to believe / Robert J. O'Connell. [2nd rev. ed.] p. cm. Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 0-8232-1727-2.ISBN 0-8232-1728-0 (pbk.) 1. James, William, 1842-1910. Will to believe. 2. Philosophy. 3. Belief and doubt. I. Title. B945.J23W536 1997 121'.6DC2197-12135 CIP
Printed in the United States of America
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To all my exemplars of the courage to believe starting with my sisters JANE MARGARET, ELLEN, and MARY and my brother JOHN but going on and on and on
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Contents
Preface
ix
Acknowledgments
xi
Abbreviations
xiii
Introduction
1
1. The Argument of "The Will to Believe"
7
2. On Matter and Manner
23
3. James and Pascal
33
4. Is It "Wishful Thinking"?
53
5. Outcomes and Over beliefs
70
6. The Precursive Force of Over beliefs
84
7. The Strata of the Passional
92
8. The Metaphors of Belief
107
Epilogue: On Becoming Humanly Wise
123
Appendix A: "The Will to Believe" and James's "Deontological Streak"
135
Appendix B: Faith and Facts in James's "Will to Believe"
159
Appendix C: James's Voluntarism: Readiness, Willingness, or Will to Believe?
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