{"product_id":"william-james-on-the-courage-to-believe-9780823217281","title":"William James on the Courage to Believe","description":"William James' celebrated lecture on \"The Will to Believe\" has kindled spirited controversy since the day it was delivered. In this lively reappraisal of that controversy, Father O'Connell contributes some fresh contentions: that James' argument should be viewed against his indebtedness to Pascal and Renouvier; that it works primarily to validate our \"over-beliefs\"; and most surprising perhaps, that James envisages our \"passional nature\" as intervening, not after, but before and throughout, our intellectual weighing of the evidence for belief.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Robert J. O'Connell\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Fordham University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/01\/1997\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 223\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.72lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.98h x 6.03w x 0.55d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780823217281\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eRobert J. O'Connell, S. J. \u003c\/b\u003ewas a Professor of Philosophy at Fordham University. His has five publications on St. Augustine, as well as several studies of Plato, William James, and Teilhard de Chardin. In 2015 he established the O'Connell established the O'Connell Initiative at Fordham, a forum for intellectual exploration, that brought together scholars of every aspect of capitalism.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Fordham University Press","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":40201447112819,"sku":"9.78E+12","price":35.95,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/products\/img_04edd03f-5ada-41da-8abd-67e9c0e87454.jpg?v=1656165187","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/en-de\/products\/william-james-on-the-courage-to-believe-9780823217281","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}