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Author
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
"In his diaries, the American philosopher and psychologist William James, for whom the personal and the philosophical were never far apart, recounted how in his late twenties he was confronted with existential despair regarding the issue of free will: do humans have the capacity to act freely and meaningfully? James famously decided that his "first act of free will is to believe in free will," and declared that, "if you can change your mind, you can...
Author
Series
Littlefield Adams quality paperback volume no. 315
Publisher
Littlefield, Adams
Pub. Date
1975.
Language
English
Author
Publisher
Houghton Mifflin
Pub. Date
2006.
Language
English
Description
Biographer Richardson has written a moving portrait of James--pivotal member of the Metaphysical Club and author of The Varieties of Religious Experience. The biography, ten years in the making, draws on unpublished letters, journals, and family records. Richardson paints extraordinary scenes from what James himself called the "buzzing blooming confusion" of his life, beginning with childhood, as he struggled to achieve amid the domestic chaos and...
Author
Series
Routledge studies in religion volume 28
Publisher
Routledge
Pub. Date
2013
Language
English