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Author : William James
Release : 1896
Genre : Belief and doubt
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Book Synopsis The Will to Believe by : William James
Download or read book The Will to Believe written by William James. This book was released on 1896. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Scott Aikin
Release : 2014-07-17
Genre : Philosophy
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Book Synopsis Evidentialism and the Will to Believe by : Scott Aikin
Download or read book Evidentialism and the Will to Believe written by Scott Aikin. This book was released on 2014-07-17. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Work on the norms of belief in epistemology regularly starts with two touchstone essays: W.K. Clifford's "The Ethics of Belief" and William James's "The Will to Believe." Discussing the central themes from these seminal essays, Evidentialism and the Will to Believe explores the history of the ideas governing evidentialism. As well as Clifford's argument from the examples of the shipowner, the consequences of credulity and his defence against skepticism, this book tackles James's conditions for a genuine option and the structure of the will to believe case as a counter-example to Clifford's evidentialism. Exploring the question of whether James's case successfully counters Clifford's evidentialist rule for belief, this study captures the debate between those who hold that one should proportion belief to evidence and those who hold that the evidentialist norm is too restrictive. More than a sustained explication of the essays, it also surveys recent epistemological arguments to evidentialism. But it is by bringing Clifford and James into fruitful conversation for the first time that this study presents a clearer history of the issues and provides an important reconstruction of the notion of evidence in contemporary epistemology.
Author : R. C. Sproul
Release : 2002-04-01
Genre : Religion
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Book Synopsis Willing to Believe by : R. C. Sproul
Download or read book Willing to Believe written by R. C. Sproul. This book was released on 2002-04-01. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What is the role of the will in believing the good news of the gospel? Why is there so much controversy over free will throughout church history? R. C. Sproul finds that Christians have often been influenced by pagan views of the human will that deny the effects of Adam's fall. In Willing to Believe, Sproul traces the free-will controversy from its formal beginning in the fifth century, with the writings of Augustine and Pelagius, to the present. Readers will gain understanding into the nuances separating the views of Protestants and Catholics, Calvinists and Arminians, and Reformed and Dispensationalists. This book, like Sproul's Faith Alone, is a major work on an essential evangelical tenet.
Author : William James
Release : 2000-04-01
Genre : Philosophy
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Book Rating : 615/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis Pragmatism and Other Writings by : William James
Download or read book Pragmatism and Other Writings written by William James. This book was released on 2000-04-01. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The writings of William James represent one of America's most original contributions to the history of ideas. Ranging from philosophy and psychology to religion and politics, James composed the most engaging formulation of American pragmatism. 'Pragmatism' grew out of a set of lectures and the full text is included here along with 'The Meaning of Truth', 'Psychology', 'The Will to Believe', and 'Talks to Teachers on Psychology'.
Author : William James
Release : 2018-01-19
Genre : Philosophy
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Book Rating : 729/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis The Will to Believe by : William James
Download or read book The Will to Believe written by William James. This book was released on 2018-01-19. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The work of William James contributed greatly to the burgeoning fields of psychology, particularly in the areas of education, religion, mysticism and pragmatism. The brother of novelist Henry James and of diarist Alice James, William wrote several powerful essays expressing his ideas on the pragmatic theory of truth, sentience, and human beings' right to believe.
