02685nam 22004935 450 991032404550332120251108110029.00-8232-8521-910.1515/9780823285211(CKB)4100000008277107(WaSeSS)IndRDA00125750(DE-B1597)555306(DE-B1597)9780823285211(OCoLC)1101901948(ODN)ODN0012520237(EXLCZ)99410000000827710720200723h20192019 fg engur|||||||||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierWilliam James on the Courage to Believe /Robert J. O'ConnellSecond edition.LaVergne Fordham University Press2018New York, NY : Fordham University Press, [2019]©20191 online resource (x, 223 pages)American PhilosophyTitle from eBook information screen..Frontmatter -- Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Abbreviations -- Introduction -- 1. The Argument of "The Will to Believe" -- 2. On Matter and Manner -- 3. James and Pascal -- 4. Is It "Wishful Thinking"? -- 5. Outcomes and Over-beliefs -- 6. The Precursive Force of Over-beliefs -- 7. The Strata of the Passional -- 8. The Metaphors of Belief -- Epilogue: On Becoming Humanly Wise -- Appendix A: "The Will to Believe" and James's "Deontological Streak" -- Appendix B: Faith and Facts in James's "Will to Believe" -- Appendix C: James's Voluntarism: Readiness, Willingness, or Will to Believe? -- Index 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.American philosophy series.PhilosophyPhilosophy.121/.6PHI022000bisacshO'Connell Robert J., authttp://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut179920DE-B1597DE-B1597BOOK9910324045503321William James on the courage to believe2300844UNINA