James's will-to-believe doctrine :: a heretical view /
In 1896 William James published an essay entitled The Will to Believe, in which he defended the legitimacy of religious faith against the attacks of such champions of scientific method as W.K. Clifford and Thomas Huxley. James's work quickly became one of the most important writings in the phil...
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| Zusammenfassung: | In 1896 William James published an essay entitled The Will to Believe, in which he defended the legitimacy of religious faith against the attacks of such champions of scientific method as W.K. Clifford and Thomas Huxley. James's work quickly became one of the most important writings in the philosophy of religious belief. James Wernham analyses James's arguments, discusses his relation to Pascal and Renouvier, and considers the interpretations, and misinterpretations, of James's major critics. Wernham shows convincingly that James was unaware of many destructive ambiguitities in his own doctrines and arguments, although clear and consistent in his view that our obligation to believe in theism is not a moral but a prudential obligation -- a foolish-not-to-believe doctrine, rather than a not-immoral-to-believe one. Wernham also shows that the doctrine is best read as affirming the wisdom of gambling that God exists, a notion which James failed to distinguish from believing and which, among other things, he explicitly identified with faith. James's pragmatism, a theory concerning the meaning of truth, is shown to be quite distinct from the doctrine of The Will to Believe. In concentrating on a careful analysis of this doctrine of the will-to-believe, Wernham not only makes a major contribution to understanding James's philosophy, but also clarifies issues in the philosophy of religion and in the analysis of belief and faith. |
| Beschreibung: | 1 online resource (130 pages) |
| Bibliographie: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 121-124) and index. |
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| spelling | Wernham, James C. S. James's will-to-believe doctrine : a heretical view / James C.S. Wernham. Kingston, Ont. : McGill-Queen's University Press, 1987. 1 online resource (130 pages) text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier data file Includes bibliographical references (pages 121-124) and index. Print version record. Contents -- Introduction -- BEGINNINGS -- 1 The Nation Affair -- 2 Message from the Mountains -- 3 From Mountaineering to Metaphysics -- THE WILL TO BELIEVE -- 4 Forced Options -- 5 Momentous and Intellectually Undecidable Options -- 6 The Religious Hypothesis -- 7 Belief and Other Things -- 8 Belief and Faith -- JAMES AND SOME OTHERS -- 9 Clifford -- 10 Pascal -- 11 Bain -- 12 Renouvier and Pragmatism -- 13 Two Critics -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- K -- L Mn -- o -- p -- r -- s -- t -- u -- v -- w -- y In 1896 William James published an essay entitled The Will to Believe, in which he defended the legitimacy of religious faith against the attacks of such champions of scientific method as W.K. Clifford and Thomas Huxley. James's work quickly became one of the most important writings in the philosophy of religious belief. James Wernham analyses James's arguments, discusses his relation to Pascal and Renouvier, and considers the interpretations, and misinterpretations, of James's major critics. Wernham shows convincingly that James was unaware of many destructive ambiguitities in his own doctrines and arguments, although clear and consistent in his view that our obligation to believe in theism is not a moral but a prudential obligation -- a foolish-not-to-believe doctrine, rather than a not-immoral-to-believe one. Wernham also shows that the doctrine is best read as affirming the wisdom of gambling that God exists, a notion which James failed to distinguish from believing and which, among other things, he explicitly identified with faith. James's pragmatism, a theory concerning the meaning of truth, is shown to be quite distinct from the doctrine of The Will to Believe. In concentrating on a careful analysis of this doctrine of the will-to-believe, Wernham not only makes a major contribution to understanding James's philosophy, but also clarifies issues in the philosophy of religion and in the analysis of belief and faith. English. James, William, 1842-1910. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n78095539 James, William, 1842-1910. James, William, 1842-1910 fast https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39PBJjXcPDvKYRv4H6BrdwcT3 James, William. swd Belief and doubt. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85013004 Croyance et doute. PHILOSOPHY Epistemology. bisacsh PHILOSOPHY History & Surveys Modern. bisacsh Belief and doubt fast Glaube gnd http://d-nb.info/gnd/4071867-0 Philosophie gnd e-books. aat Livres numériques. rvmgf Print version: Wernham, James C.S. James's will-to-believe doctrine. Kingston : McGill-Queen's University Press, ©1987 0773505679 (DLC) 88129009 (OCoLC)15811168 FWS01 ZDB-4-EBA FWS_PDA_EBA https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=404408 Volltext |
| spellingShingle | Wernham, James C. S. James's will-to-believe doctrine : a heretical view / Contents -- Introduction -- BEGINNINGS -- 1 The Nation Affair -- 2 Message from the Mountains -- 3 From Mountaineering to Metaphysics -- THE WILL TO BELIEVE -- 4 Forced Options -- 5 Momentous and Intellectually Undecidable Options -- 6 The Religious Hypothesis -- 7 Belief and Other Things -- 8 Belief and Faith -- JAMES AND SOME OTHERS -- 9 Clifford -- 10 Pascal -- 11 Bain -- 12 Renouvier and Pragmatism -- 13 Two Critics -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- K -- L Mn -- o -- p -- r -- s -- t -- u -- v -- w -- y James, William, 1842-1910. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n78095539 James, William, 1842-1910. James, William, 1842-1910 fast https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39PBJjXcPDvKYRv4H6BrdwcT3 James, William. swd Belief and doubt. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85013004 Croyance et doute. PHILOSOPHY Epistemology. bisacsh PHILOSOPHY History & Surveys Modern. bisacsh Belief and doubt fast Glaube gnd http://d-nb.info/gnd/4071867-0 Philosophie gnd |
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| title_full | James's will-to-believe doctrine : a heretical view / James C.S. Wernham. |
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