| The Will to Believe and Human Immortality Contributor(s): James, William (Author) |
|
 |
ISBN: 0486202917 ISBN-13: 9780486202914 Publisher: Dover Publications OUR PRICE: $11.66 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: June 1956 Annotation: Two books bound together, from religious period of one of the most renowned and representative thinkers. Written for laymen, thus easy to understand, it is penetrating and brilliant as well. Illuminations of age-old religious questions from a pragmatic perspective, written in a luminous style. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Philosophy | History & Surveys - Modern - Psychology | History |
| Dewey: 191 |
| LCCN: 59008984 |
| Physical Information: 0.89" H x 5.45" W x 8.03" (0.96 lbs) 448 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: This volume contains the complete texts of two books by America's most important psychologist and philosopher. Easy to understand, yet brilliant and penetrating, the books were written specifically for laymen and they are still stimulating reading for readers concerned with important questions of belief in an age of science. In the essays, under the heading The Will to Believe, James discusses, first, the interrelationships of belief, will, and intellect, examining such questions as: How does man believe? How do intellectual considerations color belief? How much of a role do irrational elements play even in rigorously logical thought? Chance versus determinism, free will versus fate, pluralism versus monism are discussed in succeeding sections. James also covers psychical research, Hegelianism, and Spencer's philosophy. Human Immortality: Two Supposed Objections to the Doctrine, reprinted here from the corrected second edition, examines the questions of survival after death, and provides an unusual philosophical rebuttal to the theory that thought and personality necessarily die with the brain. |