James and .22The Will to Believe.22 Fideism
american pragmatic philosopher , psychologist william james introduced concept of believe in 1896. following upon earlier theories of truth, james argued religious questions can answered believing in first place: 1 cannot know if religious doctrines true without seeing if work, cannot said work unless 1 believes them in first place.
william james published many works on subject of religious experience. 4 key characteristics of religious experience are: passivity , ineffability , noetic quality , transiency . due fact religious experience fundamentally ineffable, impossible hold coherent discussion of using public language. means religious belief cannot discussed effectively, , reason not affect faith. instead, faith found through experience of spiritual, , understanding of belief gained through practice of it.
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