Ep. 345: William James on Religious Experience (Part One)

Subscribe to get parts 1 and 2 of this now, ad-free, plus tons of bonus content. On The Varieties of Religious Experience (1902), focusing on lectures 1-3 and 20. What is religion and how should philosophers study it? James describes it as a sincere, full-life reaction to the world, more emotional than intellectual, and conveys the experiences of the extreme "religious geniuses" that are merely received second or third hand by the believing masses. Check out Mark's Big Books in Continental Philosophy fall class at partiallyexaminedlife.com/class. Learn about our new book at partiallyexaminedlife.com/book. The post Ep. 345: William James on Religious Experience (Part One) first appeared on The Partially Examined Life Philosophy Podcast.