Consultable en ligne sur CAIRN URL : www.cairn.info/revue-annales-2015-3-page-713.htmInternational audienceIs it possible to will oneself to believe in something? While the debate that opposed William James to William Clifford is well known and continues to fuel modern discussions, the subject of voluntary faith is not a new one. Two recent publications—Laurent Jaffro, Croit-on comme on veut? Histoire d'une controverse, and Christophe Grellard, De la certitude volontaire. Débats nominalistes sur la foi à la fin du Moyen Âge—offer a genealogy of these debates from Saint Augustine to certain fifteenth-century nominalist thinkers, both insisting on the importance of the fourteenth-century philosopher William of Ockham. What role did these me...
The phenomenon of belief involves a problem which is both ethical and political. It is ethical, beca...
Augustine and William James both argue that religious faith can be both practical and rational even ...
What does " the need to believe " mean ? Is it rationnal to have beliefs that we can't explain ? Are...
Consultable en ligne sur CAIRN URL : www.cairn.info/revue-annales-2015-3-page-713.htmInternational...
We have chosen to study the theories of the nature and mechanism of religious belief put forward by ...
By looking again at the epistemological debate between James and Clifford, which James seemed to win...
The transition from medieval thought to what we usually consider as modem philosophy is a breakthrou...
Notre travail porte sur la théorisation de la nature et du mécanisme de la foi en milieu franciscain...
International audienceFor Emerson, the crisis of belief is solved by a renewed trust in an almighty ...
William James’ celebrated lecture on “The Will to Believe” has kindled spirited controversy since th...
Ce numéro des Cahiers victoriens et édouardiens traite de la croyance en Angleterre dans la seconde ...
Le XVIIe siècle est l’étape déterminante d’un changement de perspective qui remplace une vision reli...
I maintain that among the main views concerning the central questions of epistemology (in particular...
Can the 'continuity thesis' upheld by R Boudon - that rationality is an undivided and permanent prop...
The problem considered in this thesis is whether or not there is an ethics of belief. The notion tha...
The phenomenon of belief involves a problem which is both ethical and political. It is ethical, beca...
Augustine and William James both argue that religious faith can be both practical and rational even ...
What does " the need to believe " mean ? Is it rationnal to have beliefs that we can't explain ? Are...
Consultable en ligne sur CAIRN URL : www.cairn.info/revue-annales-2015-3-page-713.htmInternational...
We have chosen to study the theories of the nature and mechanism of religious belief put forward by ...
By looking again at the epistemological debate between James and Clifford, which James seemed to win...
The transition from medieval thought to what we usually consider as modem philosophy is a breakthrou...
Notre travail porte sur la théorisation de la nature et du mécanisme de la foi en milieu franciscain...
International audienceFor Emerson, the crisis of belief is solved by a renewed trust in an almighty ...
William James’ celebrated lecture on “The Will to Believe” has kindled spirited controversy since th...
Ce numéro des Cahiers victoriens et édouardiens traite de la croyance en Angleterre dans la seconde ...
Le XVIIe siècle est l’étape déterminante d’un changement de perspective qui remplace une vision reli...
I maintain that among the main views concerning the central questions of epistemology (in particular...
Can the 'continuity thesis' upheld by R Boudon - that rationality is an undivided and permanent prop...
The problem considered in this thesis is whether or not there is an ethics of belief. The notion tha...
The phenomenon of belief involves a problem which is both ethical and political. It is ethical, beca...
Augustine and William James both argue that religious faith can be both practical and rational even ...
What does " the need to believe " mean ? Is it rationnal to have beliefs that we can't explain ? Are...