Homeflavor
Home
Categories
All
Literature
History
Art & Culture
Science & Tech
Social Science
Religion & Philosophy
Lifestyle & Hobby
Health & Medicine
Education & Reference
Home
The Will to Believe, and Other Essays in Popular Philosophy by William James
1. We cannot eat our cake and have it; that is, the only real
The Will to Believe, and Other Essays in Popular Philosophy by William James
1. We cannot eat our cake and have it; that is, the only real
Chapter 8
33 words
Chapters
Chapter 1: Chapter 1
Chapter 2: 152. Objections to chance considered, 153. Determinism
Chapter 3: 225. When adopted they become social ferments, 226. Messrs.
Chapter 4: 280. The good and the bad infinite, 284. Negation, 286.
Chapter 5: 1. A living option is one in which both hypotheses are live ones. If
Chapter 6: 2. Next, if I say to you: "Choose between going out with your umbrella
Chapter 7: 3. Finally, if I were Dr. Nansen and proposed to you to join my North
Chapter 8: 1. We cannot eat our cake and have it; that is, the only real
Chapter 9: 2. A chasm is not a bridge in any utilizable sense; that is, no mere
Chapter 10: 3. The continua, time, space, and the ego, are bridges, because they
Chapter 11: 4. But they bridge over the chasms between represented qualities only
Chapter 12: 5. This partial bridging, however, makes the qualities share in a
Chapter 13: 7. But the same quality appears in many times and spaces. Generic
Chapter 14: 8. What between different qualities jolts remain. {294} Each, as far
Chapter 15: 9. The moral judgment may lead us to postulate as irreducible the
Chapter 16: 10. Elements mutually contingent are not in conflict so long as they
Chapter 17: 11. That there are such real conflicts, irreducible to any
contradiction there can be between thoughts is where one is true, the other false. When this happens, one must go forever; nor is there any 'higher synthesis' in which both can wholly revive.
Previous Chapter
Next Chapter