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Refined and Crass Supernaturalism

T. L. S. Sprigge

Royal Institute of Philosophy Supplement March 1, 1992 DOI: 10.1017/s1358246100005683 (opens in new tab)

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Key points The text reports that William James, in the postscript to The Varieties of Religious Experience, distinguishes two types of belief in the supernatural, which James conceives as an essential component in religion: "crass" or "piecemeal supernaturalism" and "refined supernaturalism."

Abstract

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.