“The Will to Believe” by William James - Lander University

The will to believe byWilliam JamesWilliam James , ThoemmesAbout the author.. William James (1842-1909), both a philosopher anda psychologist, was an early advocate of pragmatism. He thought that a be-lief is true insofar as it works, is useful, or satisfies a function. On thistheory, truth is thought to be found in experience, not in judgments aboutthe world. James had a most profound arrest of life one quite simi-lar to Tolstoy s as described in the first section of these readings. WhileTolstoy s solution to his personal crisis was spiritual, James advocated thedevelopment of the power of the individual self. In this effort, James ex-erted a greater influence on twentieth century existential European thoughtthan he did on twentieth century American the work..In hisWill to believe and Other Essays,1 James arguesthat it is not unreasonable to believe hypotheses that cannot be known orestablished to be true by scientific investigation.

“The Will to Believe” by William James William James, Thoemmes About the author.... William James (1842-1909), both a philosopher and a psychologist, was an early advocate of pragmatism.

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