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The Will to Believe" is a lecture by William James, first published in 1896, [1] which defends, in certain cases, the adoption of a belief without prior evidence of its truth. In particular, James is concerned in this lecture about defending the rationality of religious faith even lacking sufficient evidence of religious truth.
William James (January 11, ... Therefore, this doctrine allows one to assume belief in a god and prove its existence by what the belief brings to one's life.
At the extreme, the "healthy-minded" see sickness and evil as an illusion. James considered belief in the "mind cure" to be reasonable when compared to medicine as practiced at the beginning of the twentieth century. [12] James devotes two lectures to mysticism, and in the lectures, he outlines four markers common to mystical experiences. These ...
Richard Dawkins, The God Delusion, Bantam Book: 2006 (ISBN 0-618-68000-4) (although not identified explicitly, the argument from religious experience is dismissed). Joseph Hinman, The Trace of God: A Rational Warrant for Belief (ISBN 978-0-9824087-3-5). William James, The Varieties of Religious Experience, OUP: 2012 [1902] (ISBN 978-0199691647).
American psychologist and philosopher William James (1842–1910) is regarded by most psychologists of religion as the founder of the field. [13] He served as president of the American Psychological Association, and wrote one of the first psychology textbooks. In the psychology of religion, James' influence endures.
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To Plato, matter was infected with evil, uncreated by God. [6] William James (1842–1910) was a believer in a finite God which he used to explain the problem of evil. [7] [8] [9] James rejected the divine authorship of the Bible and the idea of a perfect God. He defined God as a "combination of ideality and (final) efficacity" and preferred a ...
William Shatner made his debut as Captain James T. Kirk in the 1966 premiere of Star Trek: The Original Series. (Photo: Paramount/Courtesy Everett Collection) (©Paramount/Courtesy Everett ...