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Contents Preface xi Acknowledgments xiii List of Abbreviations xv 1 James’s Life: Will to Believe as Affirmation 1 2 “The Will to Believe”: Policing versus Free-Roaming 10 3 The Principles of Psychology: Consciousness as a Constitutive Stream 17 4 The Varieties of Religious Experience: Mysticism as a Vague “Exemplar” 27 5 Pragmatism: Corridor as “Latent” and “The Will to Believe” 36 6 Metaphysics: Radical Empiricism and Pure Experience 45 7 “Pure” versus “Impure” Experience: Examples of Pure Experience 57 8 Challenges to “The Will to Believe” 66 Conclusion: Pragmatism, Death, and “The Will to Believe” 76 Epilogue 89 Notes 93 Bibliography 103 Index 107 This page intentionally left blank ...