Back during my master's program, I did a bit of genealogical work on William James's "will to believe." It was fun and humanizing to learn that in his initial formulation, he got shot down by a senior scholar and had to change the name multiple times.
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Humean Dilemmas and Wills to Believe
The following are some of my notes from my reading of Peter Harrison’s Some New World, a wonderful book I have some critical remarks on regarding a discussion on David Hume. I’ve pulled in some his…
