William J Gavin

William James in Focus

Willing to Believe

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

For students who may be approaching James for the first time and for specialists who may not know James as deeply as they wish, Gavin provides a clear path to understanding James's philosophy even as he embraces James's complications and hesitations.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Indiana University Press
• Seitenzahl: 136
• Erscheinungstermin: 10. Januar 2013
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 7mm
• Gewicht: 203g
• ISBN-13: 9780253007926
• ISBN-10: 0253007925
• Artikelnr.: 36125866

Autorenporträt

William J. Gavin

Inhaltsangabe

Preface
Acknowledgments
List of Abbreviations
1. James's Life: Will to Believe as Affirmation
2. "The Will to Believe": Policing versus Free-Roaming
3. The Principles of Psychology: Consciousness as a Constitutive Stream
4. The Varieties of Religious Experience: Mysticism as a Vague "Exemplar"
5. Pragmatism: Corridor as "Latent" and "The Will to Believe"
6. Metaphysics: Radical Empiricism and Pure Experience
7. "Pure" versus "Impure" Experience: Examples of Pure Experience
8. Challenges to "The Will to Believe"
Conclusion: Pragmatism, Death, and "The Will to Believe"
Epilogue
Notes
Bibliography
Index