The Will to Believe by William James
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- Psychologist William James now stands as one of the true intellectual titans to come out of late 19th century America. With "The Will to Believe", first published in 1896, he argues that it is defendable to adopt a certain belief without prior evidence of its truth. Taking religious belief as his primary example, James claims that even scientific inquiry is oftentimes undertaken with a belief that a given experiment will bear out a hypothesis. In this way, he goes on to argue that human beings have an innate religious intuition which has led to a belief in God even before the truth of God's existence can be proven. With a deeply probing mind, James illustrates with this lecture why he was one of the leading lights in an era that was just coming to grips with the scientific breakthroughs that would flourish in the 20th century.
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Thanks for the great read! Appreciated.
Beautiful. Im so glad i have stumbled across this. It really fits into my life right now.
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The book is incomplete.
Somebody explain this book I don’t get it
Wireless Philosophy has a good summary on their channel.
So basically live a good life, be kind, and thank the higher power for it all?? I was content with Christianity but can't stand these Christians (age old argument). I'm just a lost Hebrew now...
Lucas R-W You need to be not reasonable to have faith in a god.
Basically, if religion works for you and it makes you strive to do good things, then there's nothing immoral in believing in your religion.
Darryn McDade Jr the argument is that the truth is the truth wether you believe it in or not. The answer on if there is or is not a god is both a believe for or against god, however if you see it in two separate paths when you die 1) is you believe in god and he is real -you are saved- (or) you believe in god and he is not real in which case nothing happens 2) you don’t believe in god and he is real -you are dammed- (or) you don’t believe in god and nothing happens. The religious answer is the closest to truth because it takes the risk in answering and if it turns out to be wrong for whatever reason then... nothing happens.
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What's the rush? You read too fast. Otherwise, thank you for posting a classic piece on philosophy of religion.
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Anyone for whom Christianity is a live option just doesn't know enough, or is just too credulous. They should learn more about the Hebrew Bible and the real history of the ancient Israelites. And the history of the early Church. And learn some comparative religion. And read Feuerbach and Nietzche.
That's your subjective opinion not based in objectivity. I rejected religion as a child. I have read the philosophers. Nietzsche had no concept of altruism, all power play with no ' love '......... Have a great day and God bless you and your family 🙏
When i hear this i wonder what he d have made of the Q Anons today.
It's quite simple, actually; it's like either the King💖🤴 &/or his👀 fool or the Fool 🤥 &/or his😄 king.👑🎭🗣️🤺
Should’ve been read with a manly voice
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It was