William James
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In 1907, James published Pragmatism, a controversial book in which he stated his belief that truth is rooted in experience rather than in some abstract eternal notion. In The Meaning of Truth, published in 1909, he returns to this idea and defends it against his critics. James succeeds in making difficult ideas clear.
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William James was the older brother of novelist Henry James, and a pioneering psychologist and philosopher. His works pushed the boundaries of psychology and helped shape the direction the field would grow in. Collected here are four of his most important books: 'Essays in Radical Empiricism', 'The Meaning of Truth', 'The Varieties of Religious Experience', and 'What is an Emotion?' These books helped forge a field and remain as important today as...
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John Kaag is the Donohue Professor of Ethics and the Arts at UMass Lowell, External Professor at the Santa Fe Institute, and the author of Sick Souls, Healthy Minds: How William James Can Save Your Life (Princeton), American Philosophy: A Love Story, and Hiking with Nietzsche: On Becoming Who You Are. Jonathan van Belle is an independent scholar and former philosophy editor at Outlier.org. Kaag and van Belle are also the authors of Henry at Work:...
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Brother of novelist Henry James and godson of eminent philosopher, essayist and poet Ralph Waldo Emerson, William James earned his own reputation for the monumental contributions he made in the field of Psychology. Here in his most comprehensive work on psychology, "Principles of Psychology", we find a textbook which took James twelve years to complete, and which is still prevalent in the contemporary study of psychology. James' writings were, influenced...
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Two books bound together, from religious period of one of the most renowned and representative thinkers. Written for laymen, thus easy to understand, it is penetrating and brilliant as well. Illuminations of age-old religious questions from a pragmatic perspective, written in a luminous style.
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Volume 2 of the famous long course, complete and unabridged. Stream of thought, time perception, memory, experimental methods - these are only some of the concerns of a work that was years ahead of its time and is still valid, interesting and useful. Total in set: 94 figures.
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Published in 1899, this collection of lectures given by James to teachers and students over the course of almost a decade was one of his most successful and popular works. It remains relevant today-indeed, in its espousal of freedom of thought and tolerance for different points of view, it may be more relevant than ever.
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Published in 1897, this essay was the 1896 Ingersoll Lecture at Harvard University. James, in a preface to the second edition, writes, "My concern in the lecture was not to discuss immortality in general. It was confined to showing it to be not incompatible with the brain-function theory of our present mundane consciousness."
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Henry James (1843-1916) was an America-born English writer whose novels, short stories and letters established the foundation of the modernist movement in twentieth century fiction and poetry. His career, one of the most significant and influential in English literature, spanned over five decades and resulted in a body of work that has had a profound impact on generations of writers. Born in New York, but educated in France, Germany, England and Switzerland,...
30) Psychology
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Psychology is a rich blend of physiology, psychology, philosophy and personal reflection. It introduces the powerful concept of "stream of thought." James's landmark work also contains seeds of pragmatism and phenomenology, which have influenced generations of thinkers. This study did much to place psychology among the laboratory sciences based on experimental method.
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This early work is Part I of a fascinating insight into psychological theory of the past that will appeal to psychology enthusiasts and historians alike. Its pages contain a wealth of information and text diagrams. Contents Include: The Scope of Psychology; The Functions of the Brain; On Some General Conditions of Brain-Activity; Habit; The Automaton-Theory; The Mind-stuff Theory; The Methods and Snares of Psychology; The Relations of Minds to Other...
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Born into the Wild West, Smoky knows nothing but the breath of freedom whipping through his mane as he rides into the wind. And when a cowboy named Clint takes him in as his trusty steed, his deep intelligence and strong spirit renders him the best cow horse in all the land. Everybody wants Smoky. But not just anybody can have him. Stolen by a horse thief on a dark summer's night, Smoky's loyalty to Clint remains unwavering. But what happens when...
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This early work is Part II of a fascinating insight into psychological theory of the past that will appeal to psychology enthusiasts and historians alike. It contains a wealth of information and complementary text diagrams. Contents Include: Memory; Sensation; Imagination; The Perception of 'Things'; The Perception of Space; The Perception of Reality; Reasoning; The Production of Movement; Instinct; The Emotions; Will; Hypnotism; and Necessary Truths...
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Condensed and reworked from James's monumental Principles of Psychology, this classic text examines habit; stream of consciousness; self and the sense of personal identity; discrimination and association; the sense of time; memory; perception; imagination; reasoning; emotions, instincts; the will and voluntary acts; and much more. This edition omits the outdated first nine chapters.
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The work of William James contributed greatly to the burgeoning fields of psychology, particularly in the areas of education, religion, mysticism and pragmatism. The brother of novelist Henry James and of diarist Alice James, William wrote several powerful essays expressing his ideas on the pragmatic theory of truth, sentience, and human beings' right to believe. In "The Will to Believe", James suggests that what a person holds to be true or attainable...
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William James, en su libro Las variedades de la experiencia religiosa (con prólogo de Aranguren), dedica un apartado a la "Inutilidad de las definiciones sencillas de la religión" .Y Kolakowski escribe: "Nunca estoy seguro de qué es la religión, y menos aún de qué es la filosofía, pero, sea lo que fuere, la religión incluye la historia de los dioses, de los hombres y del universo" . No es momento de analizar el significado plural del término...
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William James, en su libro Las variedades de la experiencia religiosa (con prólogo de Aranguren), dedica un apartado a la "Inutilidad de las definiciones sencillas de la religión" .Y Kolakowski escribe: "Nunca estoy seguro de qué es la religión, y menos aún de qué es la filosofía, pero, sea lo que fuere, la religión incluye la historia de los dioses, de los hombres y del universo" . No es momento de analizar el significado plural del término...
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William James was one of the most influential figures in 19th-century American philosophy and psychology. His Pragmatism is a set of lectures that he gave in 1906-07 in answer to the enduring debate between empiricism and rationalism. Shifting between them, he proposed pragmatism as a method, the idea being that the value of any truth is dependent upon its utility-upon its practical and experiential consequences. To address the critical response to...
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William James, en su libro Las variedades de la experiencia religiosa (con prólogo de Aranguren), dedica un apartado a la "Inutilidad de las definiciones sencillas de la religión" .Y Kolakowski escribe: "Nunca estoy seguro de qué es la religión, y menos aún de qué es la filosofía, pero, sea lo que fuere, la religión incluye la historia de los dioses, de los hombres y del universo" . No es momento de analizar el significado plural del término...