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William James (1) (1842–1910)

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William James, oldest of five children (including Henry James and Alice James) in the extraordinary James family, was born in New York City on January 11, 1842. He has had a far-reaching influence on writers and thinkers of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. Broadly educated by private tutors vis mere and through European travel, James initially studied painting. During the Civil War, however, he turned to medicine and physiology, attended Harvard medical school, and became interested in the workings of the mind. His text, The Principles of Psychology (1890), presents psychology as a science rather than a philosophy and emphasizes the connection between the mind and the body. James believed in free will and the power of the mind to affect events and determine the future. In The Will to Believe (1897) and The Varieties of Religious Experience (1902), he explores metaphysical concepts and mystical experiences. He saw truth not as absolute but as relative, depending on the given situation and the forces at work in it. He believed that the universe was not static and orderly but ever-changing and chaotic. His most important work, Pragmatism (1907), examines the practical consequences of behavior and rejects the idealist philosophy of the transcendentalists. This philosophy seems to reinforce the tenets of social Darwinism and the idea of financial success as the justification of the means in a materialistic society; nevertheless, James strove to demonstrate the practical value of ethical behavior. Overall, James's lifelong concern with what he called the "stream of thought" or "stream of consciousness" changed the way writers conceptualize characters and present the relationship between humans, society, and the natural world. He died due to heart failure on August 26, 1910. (Bowker Author Biography) vis mindre

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Religøse erfaringer (1902) 5,062 eksemplarer
The Principles of Psychology (1890) 700 eksemplarer
The Principles of Psychology, Vol. 1 (1890) 359 eksemplarer
Psychology: The Briefer Course (1892) 332 eksemplarer
Principles of Psychology, Vol. 2 (1890) 279 eksemplarer
The Meaning of Truth (1909) 183 eksemplarer
Essays in Radical Empiricism (1912) 152 eksemplarer
The Philosophy of William James (1925) 142 eksemplarer
A Pluralistic Universe (1909) 125 eksemplarer
William James: Selected Writings (1997) 116 eksemplarer
Essays on faith and morals (1947) 66 eksemplarer
Selected papers on philosophy (1917) 58 eksemplarer
William James: Essential Writings (1971) 51 eksemplarer
The Heart of William James (2010) 47 eksemplarer
The Will to Believe (1995) 43 eksemplarer
The Letters of William James (1920) 41 eksemplarer
Habit (1976) 27 eksemplarer
The Moral Equivalent of War (1910) 26 eksemplarer
Memories and studies (1911) 25 eksemplarer
William James: Essays and Lectures (2006) 12 eksemplarer
Collected Essays and Reviews (1920) 11 eksemplarer
Is Life Worth Living? (2005) 9 eksemplarer
Essays in religion and morality (1982) 9 eksemplarer
The energies of men (2005) 9 eksemplarer
Pragmatism: Selections (1981) 8 eksemplarer
Text Book of Psychology (1892) 7 eksemplarer
On Vital Reserves (1988) 7 eksemplarer
Introduction à la philosophie (1992) 7 eksemplarer
Essays, comments, and reviews (1987) 5 eksemplarer
A William James reader (1972) 5 eksemplarer
Essays in Philosophy (1978) 4 eksemplarer
Pragmatizm (Ciltli) (2019) 3 eksemplarer
A World of Pure Experience (2014) 3 eksemplarer
Expériences d'un psychiste (2000) 2 eksemplarer
Psychologie und Erziehung (2006) 2 eksemplarer
Complete Works of William James (2013) 2 eksemplarer
La théorie de l'émotion (2006) 2 eksemplarer
Does 'Consciousness' Exist? (1904) 2 eksemplarer
Psychology (1948) 2 eksemplarer
Alcuni problemi di filosofia (2021) 1 eksemplar
The Social Self 1 eksemplar
The Sentiment Of Rationality (2010) 1 eksemplar
Philosophy 1 eksemplar
L'idée de vérité (2013) 1 eksemplar

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Altered States of Consciousness: A Book of Readings (1969) — Bidragyder — 244 eksemplarer
Western Philosophy: An Anthology (1996) — Forfatter, nogle udgaver181 eksemplarer
Man and Spirit: The Speculative Philosophers (1947) — Bidragyder — 172 eksemplarer
The American [Norton Critical Edition] (1978) — Bidragyder — 143 eksemplarer
Pragmatism: The Classic Writings (1970) — Bidragyder — 87 eksemplarer
The Fin de Siècle: A Reader in Cultural History, c. 1880-1900 (2000) — Bidragyder — 79 eksemplarer
American Heritage: A Reader (2011) — Bidragyder — 77 eksemplarer
God (Hackett Readings in Philosophy) (1996) — Bidragyder, nogle udgaver58 eksemplarer
Range of Philosophy (1964) — Bidragyder — 50 eksemplarer
Pragmatic philosophy: an anthology (1966) — Bidragyder — 36 eksemplarer
In Search of the Simple Life: American Voices, Past and Present (1986) — Bidragyder — 35 eksemplarer
Writing Politics: An Anthology (2020) — Bidragyder — 33 eksemplarer
Reading Philosophy of Religion (2010) — Bidragyder — 9 eksemplarer
Wijsgerige teksten over de wereld (1964) — Bidragyder — 2 eksemplarer

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