Author:
Gavin, W. J. (William J.), 1943-
Imprint:Bloomington ; Indianapolis : Indiana University Press, c2013.
Descriptionxii, 111 p. ; 23 cm.
Note: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".
Bibliography Note:Includes bibliographical references (p. [93]-106) and index.
