Libros de William James (3 libros)

Applying his analytic clarity to religious accounts from a variety of sources, James elaborates a pluralistic framework in which "the divine can mean no single quality, it must mean a group of qualities, by being champions of which in alternation, different men may all find worthy missions." It's an intellectual call for serious religious tolerance--indeed, respect--the vitality of which has not diminished through the subsequent decades.

The renowned psychologist and philosopher argues that individual religious experiences, rather than the tenets of organized religions, form the backbone of religious life; discussing conversion, repentance, mysticism, and hope of reward and fears of punishment in the hereafter, as well as his observations on the religious experiences of such diverse thinkers as Voltaire, Emerson, and Luther.

Este ensayo, “La voluntad de creer” forma parte de la obra de William James La voluntad de creer que fue publicada por William James en 1897 con el título original de The Will to Believe and other Essays in Popular Philosophy (Nueva York, Longmans, Green, 1897). Esta obra está constituida por artículos y conferencias que fueron escritos a intervalos desde 1879 hasta 1896. La voluntad de creer surge de la propia necesidad de James de justificar la creencia -el derecho a creer, la libertad de creer-, idea que había aprendido de Charles Renouvier, en oposición al escepticismo y la duda. ...