Williams
Jamess speech The Will to Believe was so intriguing because he
presents his case in a way that makes you able to apply his idea in
your own life. William James the Harvard professor of physiology,
psychology and philosophy was beloved by all his students. He
filled the room when he spoke and even those who did not agree with
his theories loved to listen to his speeches.
William
Jamesdedicated 35 years of his life teaching and bringing his
theories to life in his speeches and his books. James uses his
personnel struggles with depression in his theories making them
about how they can help people in everyday life. James use of
language and images in his writing and his speeches made people
feel involved. William James often changed
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Clifford
Williamss
philosophyis
called evidentialism it is a theory of proper justification.
Clifford believed it should be considered immoral for people to
believe in anything without it being proven through proper
scientific practices. Clifford does not believe that any good can
come from believing what cannot be proven. Cliffords instructions
told people, to believe nothing, keep your mind in suspense
forever, rather than by closing it on insufficient evidence then
incur the awful risk of believing lies (Velasquez, 2014p.274).
Clifford felt that blind faith was a detriment to civilized society
because it could easily lead people down the wrong
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There will also
be times when we will be required to make a decision and if
intellectual proof is available, we must use our intellect. However
when we are faced with a, living, forced and momentous choice that
cannot be decided on intellectual grounds we should use our
passional nature to make a decision (Velasquez, 2014p.273). James
effort to show that William Cliffords belief is not really about
ethics it is about his Cliffords fear James example is, Better go
without belief forever than believe a lie shows Cliffords private
horror of being duped and now he is a slave to that fear (James,
1896 p.). James applied his belief that religion was good for
people, that believing in god helped people in a way that science
could not. James applied his knowledge
psychologyas
well believing that people who suffered as he had could also use
their minds to overcome whatever darkness they were dealing with by
just deciding to
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