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The Will to Believe, and Other Essays in Popular Philosophy

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James’s essays on belief, doubt, rationality, moral choice, religion, and the risks of decision.

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The Will to Believe, and Other Essays in Popular Philosophy

The Will to Believe gathers William James’s influential essays on when belief may be reasonable, how choices become living options, and why moral and religious questions cannot always wait for proof. The collection is central to pragmatism, psychology of belief, and popular philosophy.

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William James died in 1910, and The Will to Believe was first published in 1897. Project Gutenberg lists the text as public domain in the USA, supporting this English edition.

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  1. 01Full text
  2. 02THE WILL TO BELIEVE
  3. 03AND OTHER ESSAYS IN
  4. 04POPULAR PHILOSOPHY
  5. 05BY WILLIAM JAMES
  6. 06NEW IMPRESSION
  7. 07LONGMANS, GREEN, AND CO.
  8. 08LONDON, BOMBAY, AND CALCUTTA
  9. 09BY WILLIAM JAMES
  10. 10CHARLES SANDERS PEIRCE,
  11. 11PREFACE.
  12. 12HARVARD UNIVERSITY,
  13. 13CAMBRIDGE, MASSACHUSETTS,
  14. 14THE WILL TO BELIEVE.
  15. 15I.
  16. 16II.
  17. 17III.
  18. 18IV.
  19. 19V.
  20. 20VI.
  21. 21VII.
  22. 22VIII.
  23. 23IX.
  24. 24X.
  25. 25IS LIFE WORTH LIVING?
  26. 26I.
  27. 27II.
  28. 28III.
  29. 29IV.
  30. 30THE SENTIMENT OF RATIONALITY.
  31. 31I.
  32. 32REFLEX ACTION AND THEISM.
  33. 33THE DILEMMA OF DETERMINISM.
  34. 34I.
  35. 35II.
  36. 36III.
  37. 37IV.
  38. 38V.
  39. 39GREAT MEN AND THEIR ENVIRONMENT.
  40. 401872.
  41. 41THE IMPORTANCE OF INDIVIDUALS.
  42. 42ON SOME HEGELISMS.

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