Carrying Gold to California: "The Will to Believe" as a Work of Philosophy of Science.
William James argued that certain beliefs require a leap of faith before sufficient evidence becomes available—and his paradigm example of such beliefs is taken from science. Scientific knowledge often begins with a weakly supported and underdeveloped proposal, laden with contrary evidence, and plag...
| Publicado en: | Transactions of the Charles S. Peirce Society Vol. 60; no. 2; pp. 205 - 234 |
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Indiana University Press
Spring2024
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