James, William Print E-mail

 

William James

January 11, 1842 to August 26, 1910

Born in New York City & Died in Chocorua, New Hampshire

Psychologist, philosopher and author who was the godson of Ralph Waldo Emerson and the brother of Henry James.

 

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"The gods we stand by are the gods we need and can use, the gods whose demands on us are reinforcements of our demands on ourselves and on one another."

 

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A Good William James Page From Wikipedia

 

Bibliography

The Principles of Psychology - 1890 (2 volumes)

Psychology (Briefer Course) - 1892

The Will to Believe, and Other Essays in Popular Philosophy - 1897

Human Immortality: Two Supposed Objections to the Doctrine - 1897

Talks to Teachers on Psychology: And to Students on Some of Life's Ideals - 1899

The Varieties of Religious Experience: A Study in Human Nature - 1902

Pragmatism: A New Name for Some Old Ways of Thinking - 1907

A Pluralistic Universe - 1909

The Meaning of Truth - 1909

Some Problems of Philosophy: A Beginning of an Introduction to Philosophy - 1911

Memories and Studies - 1911

Essays in Radical Empiricism - 1912

Collected Essays and Reviews - 1920

 

 

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"The advantage of the animal over the vegetable kingdom is obvious. The cabbage, should its environment tend to become worse, must live it out, or die; the rabbit may move on in quest of a better."