The Will to Believe and Other Essays in Popular Philosophy
In this book, first published in book form in 1897, James ponders such conundrums as... Is life worth living? . The sentiment of rationality . The dilemma of determinism . The moral philosopher and the moral life . Great men and their environment . The importance of individuals . What psychical research has accomplished and more.
The Will to Believe
An Address to the Philosophical Clubs of Yale and Brown Universities. Published in the New World,...
Is Life Worth Living
An Address to the Harvard Young Men’s Christian Association. Published in the International Journ...
The Sentiment of Rationality
This essay as far as page 75 consists of extracts from an article printed in Mind for July, 1879....
Reflex Action and Theism
Address delivered to the Unitarian Ministers' Institute at Princeton, Mass., 1881, and printed in...
The Dilemma of Determinism
An Address to the Harvard Divinity Students, published in the Unitarian Review for September, 188...
The Moral Philosopher and the Moral Life
An Address to the Yale Philosophical Club, published in the International Journal of Ethics, Apri...
Great Men and Their Environment
A lecture before the Harvard Natural History Society; published in the Atlantic Monthly, October,...
The Importance of Individuals
The previous Essay, on Great Men, etc., called forth two replies,—one by Mr. Grant Allen, entitle...
On Some Hegelisms
Reprinted from Mind, April, 1882. We are just now witnessing a singular phenomenon in British an...