TY - BOOK AU - Gavin,W.J. ED - ebrary, Inc. TI - William James in focus: willing to believe AV - B945.J24 G385 2013eb U1 - 191 23 PY - 2013/// CY - Bloomington PB - Indiana University Press KW - James, William, KW - Electronic books KW - local N1 - Includes bibliographical references and index; James's life: will to believe as affirmation -- "Will to believe": policing versus free-roaming -- Principles of psychology: consciousness as a constitutive stream -- Varieties of religious experience: mysticism as a vague "exemplar" -- Pragmatism: corridor as "latent" and "the will to believe" -- Metaphysics: radical empiricism and pure experience -- "Pure" versus "impure" experience: examples of pure experience -- Challenges to "the will to believe" -- Conclusion: pragmatism, death, and "the will to believe"; Electronic reproduction; Palo Alto, Calif.; ebrary; 2013; Available via World Wide Web; Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries UR - http://site.ebrary.com/lib/daystar/Doc?id=10634614 ER -