William James (1) (1842–1910)
Auteur van De varianten van religieuze ervaring : een onderzoek naar de menselijke aard
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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 toon meer 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) toon minder
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Writings, 1902-1910 : The Varieties of Religious Experience / Pragmatism / A Pluralistic Universe / The Meaning of… (1988) 543 exemplaren
Writings, 1878-1899: Psychology, Briefer Course / The Will to Believe / Talks to Teachers and Students / Essays (1992) 346 exemplaren
De wil om te geloven en andere populair-filosofische essays & Religieus vertrouwen en het recht om te geloven (1923) 146 exemplaren
The Collected Works of William James (8 collections of William James containing dozens of lectures all with active… (2011) 20 exemplaren
Delphi Complete Works of William James (Illustrated) (Delphi Series Nine Book 22) (2018) 14 exemplaren
Works of William James. The Varieties of Religious Experience, Pragmatism, A Pluralistic Universe, Meaning of Truth and… (2009) 3 exemplaren
The letters of William James and Theodore Flournoy 3 exemplaren
Psychology, the Complete Text of the Classic One-volume Edition Based on Principles of Psychology (1963) 2 exemplaren
Las variedades de la experiencia religiosa (Vol. I) 2 exemplaren
The William James Reader Volume I: Essays in Radical Empiricism; The Meaning of Truth; What is an Emotion?; The… (2007) 2 exemplaren
PRAGMATISM. A New Name for Some Old Ways of Thinking. Together with Four Related Essays from THE MEANING OF TRUTH. (2010) 2 exemplaren
O Brasil no Olhar de William James. Cartas, Diários e Desenhos. 1865-1866 (Em Portuguese do Brasil) (2011) 2 exemplaren
The Writings of William James : Essays in Radical Empiricism; The Meaning of Truth; What Is an Emotion?; The Varieties… (2017) 2 exemplaren
Människans dolda krafter och andra essayer 2 exemplaren
Pragmatism and Common Sense 1 exemplaar
Philosophy & Theology 1 exemplaar
Logic and Conversation (Unpublished lecture notes from William James Lectures at Harvard, 1967) 1 exemplaar
Talks to students on some of life's ideals 1 exemplaar
Elämän ihanteita. Puheita opiskeleville 1 exemplaar
Compendio de psicología 1 exemplaar
Classic Philosophy: 6 books by William James in a single file, improved 8/17/2010 (2008) 1 exemplaar
William James Classics: Talks to Teachers on Psychology & to Students on some of Life's Ideals (2020) 1 exemplaar
EL SENTIMENT DE RACIONALITAT 1 exemplaar
Pragmatism's Conception of Truth 1 exemplaar
Kõned õpetajaile psühholoogiast 1 exemplaar
The Social Self 1 exemplaar
Essays In Popular Philosophy 1 exemplaar
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- Gangbare naam
- James, William
- Geboortedatum
- 1842-01-11
- Overlijdensdatum
- 1910-08-26
- Graflocatie
- Cambridge Cemetery, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA
- Geslacht
- male
- Nationaliteit
- USA
- Geboorteplaats
- New York, New York, USA
- Plaats van overlijden
- Tamworth, New Hampshire, USA
- Oorzaak van overlijden
- heart failure
- Woonplaatsen
- Germany
Boston, Massachusetts, USA
Chocorua, New Hampshire - Opleiding
- Harvard University Medical School (MD|1869)
Lawrence Scientific School, Harvard College
William Morris Hunt studio, Newport, Rhode Island, USA - Beroepen
- philosopher
psychologist
professor
physician - Relaties
- James, Henry (broer)
James, Alice (zus)
Hall, G. Stanley (student)
Helmholtz, Hermann von (leraar) - Organisaties
- Harvard University
Metaphysical Club
Anti-Imperialist League
American Society for Psychical Research (founder)
American Psychological Association (founder)
Theosophical Society - Prijzen en onderscheidingen
- American Academy of Arts and Letters (Literature ∙ 1898)
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