The Will to Believe and Other Essays in Popular Philosophy

E170997
book essay collection

The Will to Believe and Other Essays in Popular Philosophy is a collection of philosophical essays by William James that defends the legitimacy of religious and moral belief in the absence of conclusive evidence.

Try in SPARQL Jump to: Surface forms Statements Referenced by

All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
The Will to Believe 3
The Will to Believe and Other Essays in Popular Philosophy canonical 2
William James's "The Will to Believe" 1

Statements (45)

Predicate Object
instanceOf book ⓘ
essay collection ⓘ
academicDiscipline epistemology ⓘ
ethics ⓘ
philosophy of religion ⓘ
arguesFor legitimacy of faith-based commitment ⓘ
right to believe without sufficient evidence in certain cases ⓘ
author William James ⓘ
contrastsWith evidentialism ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
genre moral philosophy ⓘ
philosophy ⓘ
religious philosophy ⓘ
hasEssay Great Men and Their Environment ⓘ
Is Life Worth Living? ⓘ
On Some Hegelisms ⓘ
Reflex Action and Theism ⓘ
The Dilemma of Determinism ⓘ
The Importance of Individuals ⓘ
The Moral Philosopher and the Moral Life ⓘ
The Sentiment of Rationality ⓘ
The Will to Believe and Other Essays in Popular Philosophy self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: The Will to Believe

What Psychical Research Has Accomplished ⓘ
hasPhilosophicalPosition permissivism about belief ⓘ
hasReprint various 20th-century editions ⓘ
influenced 20th-century philosophy of religion ⓘ
pragmatic theories of truth and belief ⓘ
influencedBy American religious culture ⓘ
empiricism ⓘ
language English ⓘ
mainTheme defense of religious belief without conclusive evidence ⓘ
pragmatist justification of belief ⓘ
notableEssay The Will to Believe and Other Essays in Popular Philosophy self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: The Will to Believe
originalMediaType print ⓘ
philosophicalMovement pragmatism ⓘ
publicationYear 1897 ⓘ
publisher Longmans, Green, Reader, and Dyer ⓘ
surface form: Longmans, Green, and Co.
relatedWork pragmatism ⓘ
surface form: Pragmatism

The Varieties of Religious Experience ⓘ
subject ethics ⓘ
free will and determinism ⓘ
rationality ⓘ
religious belief ⓘ
theism ⓘ
timePeriod late 19th century ⓘ

Referenced by (6)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

William James → notableWork → The Will to Believe and Other Essays in Popular Philosophy ⓘ
Pascal's wager → influenced → The Will to Believe and Other Essays in Popular Philosophy ⓘ
this entity surface form: William James's "The Will to Believe"
pragmatism → associatedWithWork → The Will to Believe and Other Essays in Popular Philosophy ⓘ
subject surface form: Pragmatism
this entity surface form: The Will to Believe
The Will to Believe and Other Essays in Popular Philosophy → hasEssay → The Will to Believe and Other Essays in Popular Philosophy self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: The Will to Believe
The Will to Believe and Other Essays in Popular Philosophy → notableEssay → The Will to Believe and Other Essays in Popular Philosophy self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: The Will to Believe
Pragmatism: A New Name for Some Old Ways of Thinking → relatedWork → The Will to Believe and Other Essays in Popular Philosophy ⓘ