{"product_id":"the-illusion-of-will-self-jonathan-bricklin-9781438456270","title":"The Illusion of Will, Self, and Time: William James's Reluctant Guide to Enlightenment","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eDiscusses how William James's work suggests a world without will, self, or time and how research supports this perspective.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA Seminary Co-op Notable Book of 2016 \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWilliam James is often considered a scientist compromised by his advocacy of mysticism and parapsychology. Jonathan Bricklin argues James can also be viewed as a mystic compromised by his commitment to common sense. James wanted to believe in will, self, and time, but his deepest insights suggested otherwise. \"Is consciousness already there waiting to be uncovered and is it a veridical revelation of reality?\" James asked shortly before his death in 1910. A century after his death, research from neuroscience, physics, psychology, and parapsychology is making the case, both theoretically and experimentally, that answers James's question in the affirmative. By separating what James passionately wanted to believe, based on common sense, from what his insights and researches led him to believe, Bricklin shows how James himself laid the groundwork for this more challenging view of existence. The non-reality of will, self, and time is consistent with James's psychology of volition, his epistemology of self, and his belief that Newtonian, objective, even-flowing time does not exist.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Jonathan Bricklin\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1438456271\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781438456270\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e State University of New York Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/01\/2015\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 402\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.50lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.20h x 6.20w x 1.20d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e 01\/01\/2016","brand":"Jonathan Bricklin","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":48065578795263,"sku":"9781438456270","price":99.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_7c079ced-5636-4b36-8518-f9183640b1f6.jpg?v=1768675901","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-illusion-of-will-self-jonathan-bricklin-9781438456270","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}