For 10 points, name this author of "The Will to Believe."
In an essay, this thinker argued that the title concept is defined by an absence of a need for explanation and that general agreement with reason derives from the fluency of arguments and "a strong feeling of ease, rest." An essay by this thinker argues that the skeptic's position of waiting for more light manages to avoid the error of false religion, but still does not provide benefit if religion is true, so it is not a way around a (*) forced option. In that essay, this author of "The Sentiment of Rationality" argues that, to an empiricist, the source of a hypothesis does not affect its ultimate truth, so the conclusions that one is able to reach justify the assumptions made; thus, this thinker defends religious faith. For 10 points, name this author of "The Will to Believe."
In an essay, this thinker argued that the title concept is defined by an absence of a need for explanation and that general agreement with reason derives from the fluency of arguments and "a strong feeling of ease, rest."
William James