TY  - BOOK
AU  - O'Connell,Robert J.
ED  - Project Muse.
TI  - William James on the Courage to Believe / 
T2  - American philosophy series
SN  - 9780823285211
PY  - 2019///
CY  - New York
PB  - Fordham University Press
KW  - James, William,
KW  - Philosophy
KW  - fast
KW  - Belief and doubt
KW  - PHILOSOPHY
KW  - Religious
KW  - bisacsh
KW  - philosophy
KW  - aat
KW  - Croyance et doute
KW  - Philosophie
KW  - Electronic books.
KW  - local
N1  - 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 -- App. A. "The Will to Believe" and James's "Deontological Streak" -- App. B. Faith and Facts in James's "Will to Believe" -- App. C. James's Voluntarism: Readiness, Willingness, or Will to Believe?; Open Access
N2  - William James's 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's 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 weighting of the evidence for belief. For this second edition, Father O'Connell has added extensively to sharpen his arguments: that James's "deontological streak" saves him from "wishful thinking" and weaves together the attitudes of right, readiness, willingness, and will to believe, and that "willing faith" lends "the facts" their aura of believability
UR  - https://muse.jhu.edu/book/63581/
ER  -