Refined and Crass Supernaturalism

Royal Institute of Philosophy Supplement 32:105-125 (1992)
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In the postscript to The Varieties of Religious Experience William James distinguishes two types of belief in the supernatural, conceived as an essential component in religion, crass or piecemeal supernaturalism, on the one hand, and refined supernaturalism on the other.

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The Will to believe and other Essays in popular philosophy.William James - 1899 - Revue Philosophique de la France Et de l'Etranger 47:223-228.
The varieties of religious experience. A Study in human Nature.William James - 1902 - Revue Philosophique de la France Et de l'Etranger 54:516-527.
The meaning of truth.William James - 1909 - Mineola, N.Y.: Dover Publications. Edited by Fredson Bowers & Ignas K. Skrupskelis.
A Pluralistic Universe.William James - 1909 - Mind 18 (72):576-588.
A pluralistic universe.W. James - 1909 - Revue de Métaphysique et de Morale 17 (5):23-23.

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