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The Metaphysical Club

The Art of Manliness

CHAPTER

William James and Pragmatism

William james was a scientific man of science. But he also wanted to believe in a higher power. He thought its should be possible to believe in god without having to prove it scientifically, that there is a god. So he wrote proley's most popular book, varieties of religious experience,. 19 o two. It's about the fact that human beings have religious experiences. They feel the truth of religion. There's some kind of supernatural being or entity out there that shapes the world that we're in and tha we should be guided by so-called 'pragmatism'

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