{"product_id":"the-will-to-believe-and-human-immortality-9780486202914","title":"The Will to Believe and Human Immortality","description":"This volume contains the complete texts of two books by America's most important psychologist and philosopher. Easy to understand, yet brilliant and penetrating, the books were written specifically for laymen and they are still stimulating reading for readers concerned with important questions of belief in an age of science.\u003cbr\u003eIn the essays, under the heading \u003ci\u003eThe Will to Believe\u003c\/i\u003e, James discusses, first, the interrelationships of belief, will, and intellect, examining such questions as: How does man believe? How do intellectual considerations color belief? How much of a role do irrational elements play even in rigorously logical thought? Chance versus determinism, free will versus fate, pluralism versus monism are discussed in succeeding sections. James also covers psychical research, Hegelianism, and Spencer's philosophy.\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eHuman Immortality: Two Supposed Objections to the Doctrine\u003c\/i\u003e, reprinted here from the corrected second edition, examines the questions of survival after death, and provides an unusual philosophical rebuttal to the theory that thought and personality necessarily die with the brain.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Dover Publications\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/01\/1956\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780486202914\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 448\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.96lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.03h x 5.45w x 0.89d","brand":"William James","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":36637655924892,"sku":"9780486202914","price":11.01,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_fdb8b182-ac68-4665-8575-be6532276e47.jpg?v=1603845351","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/the-will-to-believe-and-human-immortality-9780486202914","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}