{"title":"William James","description":"William James (1842-1910) was an American psychologist and philosopher and one of the most popular thinkers of the nineteenth century. He is the author of many works, including his monumental The Principles of Psychology (1890), Human Immortality (1898), and The Varieties of Religious Experience: A Study in Human Nature (1902).Gordon W. Allport (1897-1967) was one of the first psychologists to study personality, and also researched human attitudes, prejudices, and religious beliefs. He is the author of Personality (1937), The Individual and His Religion (1950), and The Nature of Prejudice (1954).","products":[{"product_id":"psychology-the-briefer-course-paperback","title":"Psychology: The Briefer Course - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA durable classic in the field, \u003ci\u003ePsychology: The Briefer Course\u003c\/i\u003e is developed on the structure of seventeen definitive chapters treating cryptic themes such as Habit, Stream of Consciousness, The Self, Attention, Conception, Discrimination, Association, Memory, Imagination, Perception, Reasoning, Emotion, Instinct, Will.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51365704368351,"sku":"9780268015572","price":44.37,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0813\/8958\/4607\/files\/YG1dVE2u719780268015572.webp?v=1789070146"},{"product_id":"the-varieties-of-religious-experience-a-study-in-human-nature-paperback","title":"The Varieties of Religious Experience: A Study in Human Nature - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe Varieties of Religious Experience came about as the result of William James' legendary lecture series at The University of Edinburgh. In this series, James examines in detail the nature of religion, expanding on pragmatism in the process. As part of the canon of modern philosophy and psychology, these lectures are both classic and relevant. (This text refers to a previous edition.)\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51367056408799,"sku":"9781456304195","price":13.43,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0813\/8958\/4607\/files\/S9iWHttzdf9781456304195.webp?v=1789102278"},{"product_id":"the-varieties-of-religious-experience-a-study-in-human-nature-hardcover","title":"The Varieties of Religious Experience: A Study in Human Nature - Hardcover","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWilliam James (January 11, 1842 - August 27, 1910) was an American philosopher and psychologist, and the first educator to offer a psychology course in the United States. James was a leading thinker of the late nineteenth century, one of the most influential U.S. philosophers, and has been labelled the \"Father of American psychology\".\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAlong with Charles Sanders Peirce, James established the philosophical school known as pragmatism, and is also cited as one of the founders of functional psychology. A Review of General Psychology analysis, published in 2002, ranked James as the 14th most eminent psychologist of the 20th century. A survey published in American Psychologist in 1991 ranked James's reputation in second place, after Wilhelm Wundt, who is widely regarded as the founder of experimental psychology. James also developed the philosophical perspective known as radical empiricism. James' work has influenced intellectuals such as Émile Durkheim, W. E. B. Du Bois, Edmund Husserl, Bertrand Russell, Ludwig Wittgenstein, Hilary Putnam, and Richard Rorty, and has even influenced former US President Jimmy Carter.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBorn into a wealthy family, James was the son of the Swedenborgian theologian Henry James Sr. and the brother of both the prominent novelist Henry James and the diarist Alice James. James trained as a physician and taught anatomy at Harvard, but never practiced medicine. Instead he pursued his interests in psychology and then philosophy. James wrote widely on many topics, including epistemology, education, metaphysics, psychology, religion, and mysticism. Among his most influential books are The Principles of Psychology, a groundbreaking text in the field of psychology; Essays in Radical Empiricism, an important text in philosophy; and The Varieties of Religious Experience, an investigation of different forms of religious experience, including theories on mind-cure.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"The Varieties of Religious Experience\" comprises James' edited Gifford Lectures on natural theology, which were delivered at the University of Edinburgh in Scotland in 1901 and 1902. The lectures concerned the nature of religion and the neglect of science in the academic study of religion.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSoon after its publication, Varieties entered the Western canon of psychology and philosophy and has remained in print for over a century.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eJames later developed his philosophy of pragmatism. There are many overlapping ideas in Varieties and his 1907 book, Pragmatism. (wikipedia.org)\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51367550091487,"sku":"9781644391655","price":51.21,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0813\/8958\/4607\/files\/pJPzk1wFvN9781644391655.webp?v=1789109796"},{"product_id":"human-immortality-two-supposed-objections-to-the-doctrine-paperback","title":"Human Immortality: Two Supposed Objections to the Doctrine - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eOriginally a lecture given at Harvard as part of the Ingersoll Lecture on Immortality, this small volume is psychologist William James's updated second edition, which addresses criticisms levied against his original work on the nature of human immortality. James sees the individual soul as part of a greater soul, hidden behind the veil of death. And that greater soul, perhaps God, perhaps an essence that defies description, is eternal. James brings together modern science and mysticism to show his audience that the two are not as incompatible as they might have believed. Spiritual seekers, religious individuals, and even skeptics will find this discussion on the possibility of immortality thought-provoking and electric. American psychologist and philosopher WILLIAM JAMES (1842-1910), brother of novelist Henry James, was a groundbreaking researcher at Harvard University and one of the most popular thinkers of the 19th century. 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Almost fifty years before Viktor Frankl's \u003cem\u003eMan's Search for Meaning\u003c\/em\u003e, William James discovers that feelings of pessimism and melancholy can be defeated through the power of action and struggle, and that life's meaning is created through your own actions.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51369492644063,"sku":"9780648531562","price":8.64,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0813\/8958\/4607\/files\/a00eI73g7D9780648531562.webp?v=1789142458"},{"product_id":"be-not-afraid-of-life-in-the-words-of-william-james-paperback","title":"Be Not Afraid of Life: In the Words of William James - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA compelling collection of the life-changing writings of William James\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWilliam James--psychologist, philosopher, and spiritual seeker--is one of those rare writers who can speak directly and powerfully to anyone about life's meaning and worth, and whose ideas change not only how people think but how they live. The thinker who helped found the philosophy of pragmatism and inspire Alcoholics Anonymous, James famously asked, \"is life worth living?\" Bringing together many of his best and most popular essays, talks, and other writings, this anthology presents James's answer to that and other existential questions, in his own unique manner--caring, humorous, eloquent, incisive, humble, and forever on the trail of the \"ever not quite.\" \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eHere we meet a James perfectly attuned to the concerns of today--one who argues for human freedom, articulates a healthy-minded psychology, urges us to explore the stream of consciousness, presents a new definition of truth based on its practical consequences, and never forecloses the possibility of mystical transcendence. Introduced by John Kaag and Jonathan van Belle, these compelling and accessible selections reveal why James is one of the great guides to the business of living.","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51377597579487,"sku":"9780691215372","price":19.39,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0813\/8958\/4607\/files\/F7P0KFdnbt9780691215372.webp?v=1789236153"},{"product_id":"the-ethics-of-belief-and-the-will-to-believe-paperback","title":"The Ethics of Belief and The Will to Believe - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWilliam Kingdon Clifford's excellent treatise \u003cem\u003eThe Ethics of Belief\u003c\/em\u003e is in this edition united with \u003cem\u003eThe Will to Believe;\u003c\/em\u003e the spirited response by William James.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis book brings together the two essays which comprise the famous philosophical exchange between the mathematician William Kingdon Clifford and William James, a psychologist and philosopher. Famous for articulating the arguments and morality surrounding belief, these two papers are united in a single compact edition for the consideration and study of the reader.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe chief difference in opinion between Clifford and James, surrounds the matter of evidence. Clifford argued that belief in anything without supporting evidence is folly; individuals should hold an intellectual duty as well as a moral duty in what they believe. Wishful thinking, supposition, assumptions, or blind faith are therefore unacceptable and can act to damage one's intellect and ability to reason.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWilliam James, in opposition to Clifford's view, states that the formation of beliefs is justifiable. He uses the athlete as one example; self-belief in one's abilities or capacity for achievement can provision a psychological edge that results in such beliefs being realized.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eJames then proceeds to outline a number of conditions which seek to justify the phenomena of religious belief as an intellectual and moral occurrence. That the issue of whether God exists is intellectually undecidable is central to James's thesis: a person can, without impinging on their intellect or morals, choose to believe or not to believe in a deity.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBoth Clifford and James draw upon the established epistemic norms of philosophy, these being the principles which seekers of knowledge and truth should hold when acquiring a belief. Their exchange served to refine the norms in scholarly circles, ushering in a renewed and sustained interest in belief morality.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA total of almost two decades elapsed between Clifford and James papers, and Clifford himself died in 1879. However the succinctness of James' reply - which acts as an effective summary for the arguments within many of his lengthier works - brought both his paper and the paper of Clifford to prominence in academic circles.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51377599643871,"sku":"9781789874457","price":17.24,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0813\/8958\/4607\/files\/QGDE--AHuA9781789874457.webp?v=1789236158"},{"product_id":"meaning-of-truth-paperback","title":"Meaning of Truth - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003ePreeminent American philosopher and educator John Dewey (1859-1952) rejected Hegelian idealism for the pragmatism of William James.In this collection of informal, highly readable essays, originally published between 1897 and 1909, Dewey articulates his now classic philosophical concepts of knowledge and truth and the nature of reality. Here Dewey introduces his scientific method and uses critical intelligence to reject the traditional ways of viewing philosophical discourse. Knowledge cannot be divorced from experience; it is gradually acquired through interaction with nature. Philosophy, therefore, has to be regarded as itself a method of knowledge and not as a repository of disembodied, pre-existing absolute truths.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51377624449247,"sku":"9781573921381","price":19.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0813\/8958\/4607\/files\/Skv4YoYKiJ9781573921381.webp?v=1789236220"}],"url":"https:\/\/blackandbarhe.com\/collections\/william-james.oembed","provider":"Black \u0026 Barhe Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}