william james

The Will to Believe and Other Essays in Popular Philosophy

First published 1897
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i
The Will to Believe
An Address to the Philosophical Clubs of Yale and Brown Universities. Published in the New World, June,1896.
ii
Is Life Worth Living
An Address to the Harvard Young Men’s Christian Association. Published in the International Journal of Ethics for October, 1895, and as a…
iii
The Sentiment of Rationality
This essay as far as page 75 consists of extracts from an article printed in Mind for July, 1879. Thereafter it is a reprint of an address…
iv
Reflex Action and Theism
Address delivered to the Unitarian Ministers' Institute at Princeton, Mass., 1881, and printed in the Unitarian Review for October of that…
v
The Dilemma of Determinism
An Address to the Harvard Divinity Students, published in the Unitarian Review for September, 1884.
vi
The Moral Philosopher and the Moral Life
An Address to the Yale Philosophical Club, published in the International Journal of Ethics, April, 1891.
vii
Great Men and Their Environment
A lecture before the Harvard Natural History Society; published in the Atlantic Monthly, October, 1880.
viii
The Importance of Individuals
The previous Essay, on Great Men, etc., called forth two replies,—one by Mr. Grant Allen, entitled the 'Genesis of Genius,' in the Atlantic…
ix
On Some Hegelisms
Reprinted from Mind, April, 1882.