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 mostra altro 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) mostra meno

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The Writings of William James: A Comprehensive Edition (Phoenix Book) (1968) 192 copie

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William James: A Selection from His Writings on Psychology (1950) 44 copie

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Human Immortality: Two Supposed Objections to the Doctrine (1956) 33 copie

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Delphi Complete Works of William James (Illustrated) (Delphi Series Nine Book 22) (2018) 16 copie

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The Great Books Adult Series: Set Five (1966) 14 copie

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The Letters of William James, Vol. 1 (2012) 9 copie

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The Correspondence of William James: William and Henry 1856-1877 (1996) 9 copie

Is Life Worth Living? (2005) 9 copie

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On Vital Reserves (1988) 8 copie

The Correspondence of William James: William and Henry 1897-1910 (1994) 8 copie

The Correspondence of William James: William and Henry 1885-1896 (1993) 8 copie

The Correspondence of William James: William and Henry 1878-1884 (1997) 8 copie

The Correspondence of William James: Volume 9, July 1899-1901 (2001) 8 copie

Text Book of Psychology (1892) 7 copie

Introduction à la philosophie (1992) 7 copie

The Correspondence of William James: Volume 1 : William and Henry, 1861-1884 (1992) 7 copie

Reflections on The principles of psychology William James after a century (1990) 7 copie

The Correspondence of William James : Volume 8, 1895 - June 1899 (2000) 7 copie

The Correspondence of William James: William and Henry April 1905 - March 1908 (2003) 6 copie

The principles of psychology; Volume III (1981) 6 copie

The Correspondence of William James: William and Henry 1890-1894 (1999) 6 copie

A William James reader (1972) 6 copie

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The Correspondence of William James: April 1908-August 1910 (2004) 6 copie

As William James said: extracts from the published writings of William James (1943) 5 copie

Essays, comments, and reviews (1987) 5 copie

The Letters of William James, Vol. II (2011) 5 copie

Essays in Philosophy (1978) 4 copie

Essays in Psychology (Works of William James) (1984) 4 copie

The Moral Philosopher And The Moral Life (2005) 4 copie

Faust By Goethe, Psychology: Briefer Course By William James, on the Improvement of the Understanding By Spinoza (the… 4 copie

A World of Pure Experience (2014) 3 copie

The letters of William James and Theodore Flournoy 3 copie

Works of William James. The Varieties of Religious Experience, Pragmatism, A Pluralistic Universe, Meaning of Truth and… (2009) 3 copie

Pragmatizm (Ciltli) (2019) 3 copie

Psychology, the Complete Text of the Classic One-volume Edition Based on Principles of Psychology (1963) 2 copie

La théorie de l'émotion (2006) 2 copie

Las variedades de la experiencia religiosa (Vol. I) 2 copie

Las variedades de la experiencia religiosa (Vol. II) (2006) 2 copie

PRAGMATISM. A New Name for Some Old Ways of Thinking. Together with Four Related Essays from THE MEANING OF TRUTH. (2010) 2 copie

William James: Selected Unpublished Correspondence, 1885-1910 (1986) 2 copie

The William James Reader Volume I: Essays in Radical Empiricism; The Meaning of Truth; What is an Emotion?; The… (2007) 2 copie

Psychology. American Science Series, Briefer Course (1893) 2 copie

Complete Works of William James (2013) 2 copie

The Literary Remains of Henry James (1885) 2 copie

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The Writings of William James : Essays in Radical Empiricism; The Meaning of Truth; What Is an Emotion?; The Varieties… (2017) 2 copie

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Logic and Conversation (Unpublished lecture notes from William James Lectures at Harvard, 1967) 1 copia

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Pragmatismus und radikaler Empirismus. (2006) 1 copia

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L'idée de vérité (2013) 1 copia

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Nome canonico: James, William
Data di nascita: 1842-01-11
Data di morte: 1910-08-26
Luogo di sepoltura: Cambridge Cemetery, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA
Sesso: male
Nazionalità: USA
Luogo di nascita: New York, New York, USA
Luogo di morte: Tamworth, New Hampshire, USA
Causa della morte: heart failure
Luogo di residenza: Germany
Boston, Massachusetts, USA
Chocorua, New Hampshire
Istruzione: Harvard University Medical School (MD|1869)
Lawrence Scientific School, Harvard College
William Morris Hunt studio, Newport, Rhode Island, USA
Attività lavorative: philosopher
psychologist
professor
physician
Relazioni: James, Henry (broer)
James, Alice (zus)
Hall, G. Stanley (student)
Helmholtz, Hermann von (leraar)
Organizzazioni: Harvard University
Metaphysical Club
Anti-Imperialist League
American Society for Psychical Research (founder)
American Psychological Association (founder)
Theosophical Society
Premi e riconoscimenti: American Academy of Arts and Letters (Literature ∙ 1898)

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The Varieties of Religious Experience: A Study in… di William James

_The Varieties of Religious Experience_ builds to the climax of James explaining his philosophy of Pragmatism. What I think is important here to the religion vs. rationalism debate is that James has no time for established religion, dogma, or theology. Rather, he focuses on the mystical, individual life-changing experiences people have in sensing the presence of a higher power. These experiences are as real as falling in love - they are a psychological phenomenon that, according to James, bubble up from the subconscious and have direct, pragmatic, positive effects on a person's life. What is missing here is a discussion of cultural influence on these experiences - why do people in Christian culture only frame these experiences in terms of Christianity? Do people lack a language outside of their culture to describe these mystical experiences?… (altro)