01804nam a2200337 a 4500 ebr10634614 CaPaEBR m u cr cn||||||||| 120814s2013 inu sb 001 0deng d 2012031813 9780253007865 (cloth : alk. paper) 9780253007926 (pbk. : alk. paper) 9780253007957 (e-book) CaPaEBR CaPaEBR (OCoLC)843089020 B945.J24 G385 2013eb 191 23 Gavin, W. J. (William J.), 1943- William James in focus [electronic resource] : willing to believe / William J. Gavin. Bloomington : Indiana University Press, c2013. xii, 111 p. American philosophy 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. James, William, 1842-1910. Electronic books. local ebrary, Inc. http://site.ebrary.com/lib/rucke/Doc?id=10634614 An electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view 47882 47882