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I will assume for the present — -until next year — -that it is no illusion. My first act of free will shall be to believe in free will. - William James
" "I will assume for the present — -until next year — -that it is no illusion. My first act of free will shall be to believe in free will.
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William James (11 January 1842 – 26 August 1910) was a pioneering American psychologist and philosopher. He developed the philosophical perspective known as radical empiricism, and wrote influential books on the science of psychology, the psychology of religious experience and mysticism, and the philosophy of pragmatism.
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