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The will to believe, and other essays in popular philosophy

Also known as Will to believe and other essays in popular philosophy

by William James

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  • 19th century
  • Language: English
  • Content type: Primary source
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The will to believe.--Is life worth living?--The sentiment of rationality.--Reflex action and theism.--The dilemma of determinism.--The moral philosopher and the moral life.--Great men and their environment.--The importance of individuals.--On some Hegelisms.--What psychical research has accomplished

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Included because retained bibliographic metadata links this work to Afterlife, reincarnation, and near-death experiences and Parapsychology and psychical research.

  • Afterlife, reincarnation, and near-death experiences

    Controlled discovery queries from internet-archive and openlibrary-historical matched “Immortality”. Retained metadata contains “Immortality” in the subject metadata.

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    • “Immortality”· in subject
  • Parapsychology and psychical research

    Controlled discovery queries from openalex matched “psychical research”. Retained metadata contains “Psychical research” in the description.

    • “psychical research”· via OpenAlex
    • “Psychical research”· in description

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Will to believe and other essays in popular philosophy

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1897-01-01T00:00:00ZNew York : LongmansEnglish—Public digitized item

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1907-01-01Longmans, Green and Co eBooksEnglish—Unknown

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1908Longmans, GreenEnglish—Public

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  • Contributing institution: University of California Libraries
  • Digitization sponsor: MSN
  • Discovery required Internet Archive search metadata to report a PDF format; the exact direct-file URL is added only after the item's file listing confirms an unrestricted PDF filename.
  • Open Library reports 6 editions; this snapshot catalogs one representative edition and preserves work-level ISBN, date, and publisher aggregates.
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