The Will to Believe and Other Essays in Popular Philosophy

William James, in "The Will to Believe," argues that belief in God can be justified without evidence if adopting the belief is necessary to discover the evidence. This principle, which emphasizes...

In "The Will to Believe," William James argues that you do not control what you believe, except in cases where the evidence is too uncertain for the question to be answered by intellect alone. The...

William James affirms the existence of consciousness, considering it a fundamental truth and the starting point of philosophical inquiry. In "The Will to Believe," he argues that consciousness is...