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Courageous vulnerability ethics and knowledge in Proust, Bergson, Marcel, and James / by Slegers, Rosa

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Marcel Proust in the light of William James : in search of a lost source / by Sachs, Marilyn M.

Table of Contents: “…Introduction: Seeing Proust in a new light -- Text in context: points of contact and circles of acquaintance -- The Jamesian stream and the Proustian art of consciousness -- Parallels in the penumbra: tracking James's psychology in Proust's novel -- From Jean to Je: experience in the first person singular -- Patterns of palimpsest: James's theories and Proust's prose in the purview of neuro-cognitive science.…”
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William James in focus willing to believe / by Gavin, W. J. (William J.), 1943-

Table of Contents: “…James's life: will to believe as affirmation -- "Will to believe": policing versus free-roaming -- Principles of psychology: consciousness as a constitutive stream -- Varieties of religious experience: mysticism as a vague "exemplar" -- Pragmatism: corridor as "latent" and "the will to believe" -- Metaphysics: radical empiricism and pure experience -- "Pure" versus "impure" experience: examples of pure experience -- Challenges to "the will to believe" -- Conclusion: pragmatism, death, and "the will to believe".…”
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