William James: 492 books

The writings of William James represent one of America's most original contributions to the history of ideas. Ranging from philosophy and psychology to religion and politics, James composed the most engaging formulation of American pragmatism. 'Pragmatism' grew out of a set of lectures and the full...

William James was an important American psychologist and philosopher. He was one of the early academics of psychology and his philosophy touched mainly on pragmatism and the religious or mystic experience. The Will to Believe is a lecture he delivered, which argues that personal belief is a valid basis...

William James was an American philosopher and psychologist who is considered to be one of the greatest thinkers of the late 19th century. James has often been labeled as the “Father of American psychology”.

This edition includes a modern introduction and a list of suggested further reading. The word "pragmatism" is used everywhere today, from business to sports to politics. Although the word hadn't yet entered everyday language when William James published Pragmatism in 1907, the philosopher believed its...

William James was an American philosopher and psychologist who is considered to be one of the greatest thinkers of the late 19th century. James has often been labeled as the “Father of American psychology”.

Durante l’età vittoriana moltissimi intellettuali, scienziati e filosofi si interessarono alla “ricerca psichica”, ovvero allo studio di fenomeni paranormali come la telepatia, la telecinesi, lo spiritismo e la chiaroveggenza. Il presente volume raccoglie e traduce una selezione di articoli...

If you are an aspiring astronomer or someone who wishes to know more about the topic, this is the perfect book. It is not just for astronomers. Any layman or someone who is intrigued by the Universe, planets, stars and the like will be capable of understanding this book Here Is A Preview Of What...

William James believed that events could not be catalogued simply as a series of facts, but had to be considered through the lens of experience. Thus each person affects and modifies their own reality based on their own unique experiences and points of view. Ultimately you can quantify facts, but only if you understand how the person looking at these facts will affect and change them.

The germ of this book was contained in an article published in the Independent, April 3, 1902. The wide interest which that article awakened prompted the elaboration and arrangement of its briefly considered and somewhat disjointed parts into the present form.

  HOW THE WIDOW WON THE DEACON   William James Lampton  [ZHINGOORA BOOKS]

This book looks at the multitude of problems we find ourselves in with respect to the behavior of our Federal Government. It proposes a re-organization of the Federal Government from the ground up and introduces a new Constitution to move our original version into a modern document to accompany the...

This fascinating text concerns itself with the idea of a person's being able to beat fatigue and make the most of the 'second wind' that succeeds such barriers - barriers that prevent them from being as effective as possible in their various endeavours. The author argues that a "second wind"...

William James, American psychologist and philosopher, was mainly known by his works on The Principles of Psychology and the Pragmatism. --- Everyone is now acquainted with the Conscious-Automaton-theory... The theory maintains that in everything outward we are pure material machines. Feeling is a...

"I should say first of all that the only emotions I propose expressly to consider here are those that have a distinct bodily expression. That there are feelings of pleasure and displeasure, of interest and excitement, bound up with mental operations, but having no obvious bodily expression for...