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The Will to Believe and Human Immortality Paperback - 1956

by William James


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This volume contains the complete texts of two books by America's most important psychologist and philosopher. Easy to understand, yet brilliant and penetrating, the books were written specifically for laymen and they are still stimulating reading for readers concerned with important questions of belief in an age of science.
In the essays, under the heading The Will to Believe, James discusses, first, the interrelationships of belief, will, and intellect, examining such questions as: How does man believe? How do intellectual considerations color belief? How much of a role do irrational elements play even in rigorously logical thought? Chance versus determinism, free will versus fate, pluralism versus monism are discussed in succeeding sections. James also covers psychical research, Hegelianism, and Spencer's philosophy.
Human Immortality: Two Supposed Objections to the Doctrine, reprinted here from the corrected second edition, examines the questions of survival after death, and provides an unusual philosophical rebuttal to the theory that thought and personality necessarily die with the brain.

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  • Title The Will to Believe and Human Immortality
  • Author William James
  • Binding Paperback
  • Edition Dover Edition
  • Pages 448
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Dover Publications, New York
  • Date June 1, 1956
  • ISBN 9780486202914 / 0486202917
  • Weight 0.96 lbs (0.44 kg)
  • Dimensions 8.03 x 5.45 x 0.89 in (20.40 x 13.84 x 2.26 cm)
  • Library of Congress subjects Philosophy, Immortality
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 59008984
  • Dewey Decimal Code 191
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