William James The Will To Believe - Empiricism And Absolutism - Sadler's Lectures

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This lecture discusses the 19th-20th century philosopher and psychologist, William James, and focuses on his essay, "The Will To Believe". Specifically it discusses his distinction between two different basic approaches to attaining truth, which he calls by the terms "empiricism" and "absolutism" To support my ongoing work, go to my Patreon site - www.patreon.com/sadler If you'd like to make a direct contribution, you can do so here - www.paypal.me/ReasonIO - or at BuyMeACoffee - https://www.buymeacoffee.com/A4quYdWoM You can find over 1500 philosophy videos in my main YouTube channel - www.youtube.com/user/gbisadler Purchase The Writings of William James - https://amzn.to/2X4J9kY