The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-08-27
PROF. WILLIAM JAMES DEAD.
Famous writer on subject. Of PsycholosS
a Victim Of Heart Failure.

Prof. James arrived here only last week
from Quabs-r. n" arrived at that place
Just a w.-k to-day from Europe. wh"rs
be hal gone 20 b. al tao tedsiie 81 his
brother Herry James the writer Hl.
health was not the lest wh-i. Ee left this
country IN tn" early summer. and during
hts stay IN England h. was az liz er"ut
times under the care % a pEysici..E.
HIS return 20 America was maize ~ "aS-y
stages. and Oh laItiI.g a. QI"h'-n ~ wa
met ~ his son Nl..lain james Jr. hey
Immediately Cam.' u THIS tOWr. and Op"uei
the summer home tie .Isi 81 heart
failure.
Most Of the writings on sublec's AKIN
To psychology winch have made "a"
name OF William James almost ~ widely
known "a that - hI- brother Henry cam"
from ms pen while b" was member Of
TIA. Harvard faculty. FOR th4rtN-hH" years
and until be retired AZ professor emeritus
81 philosophy N lsJ7 Prof James - a.
associated with IA. psychology AMI PHI
o-opny departments pf that university.
H- uttsran,s- On IN" s'ibIe"ts Win
when has name was linked brought nm
recognition IA many 81 the academic,
on "a" other eide and a. a lecturer her"
and IA Europe hs always excited COM
mont Princeton. Edinburgh and Har-
ward conferred upon him III" idegrs" Of
LII. T., and he was a doctor u science OF
oxford
PrIf James was the son q the Rev.
Henry james. sweden oorgiAn disciple
and writer 20 some distinction. He at
tended the I-awr''uc" scientific school u
Harvard and was graduated In 1858. when
b. was II years Old SIX years later no
r,-ceiveSi al. VI - d.gre. from Harvard
Hts firSt connection with the Harvard
faculty was IN 1872 a. instructor - pnysi-
ulozv and a year later e anatonv. 40
assistant professor IN uhysiylpgy ana
after few years IN phil'-1uhv he was
cpllscting material IN N" laboratpr" Tor
tn. books that soon began Z" appear
From 1850 o 1897 he was professor ~
psyChullgv and then h. tunnel again 20
Ia. philosophy department, whsre Ia
occupied the chair until ne stopped active
work at Harvard
Meanwhile from 1899 10 1871 he had been
clifford lecturer on natural religion at the
University of Edinburgh AMI the wear
after he left Harvard he went to oxford
az Hilbert lecturer on philosophy. NJ
Padua IN 1898 he rsC"iv"i a Ph u ana -
I..'t Il and The latter degree was also
conferred upon him AZ Durham IN 1875.
Last year ti.n"va aid.-i another doctor
u sc.cnc. degree ~ his honorS
Ia thus country he was corresponding
member IL the Academy II Moral and
Political Sciences IT the lnsTiiut" y
France. the ROYAL PrIsslan Academy -
Sciences the ROval D-nmark Academy
81 SCIENCES, the Academia ts Iluo"i.
the Real. lnstitutn lombard. IN" Brit
ish Academy. the National Academy Of
and "A number 81 others
some of the better known BOOKS which
bear his name az" Principles II Psv-
ChDlOgy The Will - iS'llsy" and Other
F7ssvs IN Popular Philosophy. Talks
o. Teachers on Psychology AL to stu
'n's on LIES Ideals. Human Immortal
ity Two supposed Objections 20 The
Doctrine -Th" Varieties u Religious
-PrgliUatls'n \ New Name
for Some Old Navs Of Thinking A
Pmrali.tiC Universe aud The Meaning
Il Truth
Last summer there was considerable
interest IN Prof Jamcs's report GA The
possible communications with tn" spirit
g the late Dr Richard HOdE-1r. who
died On December % 1875 IN the Pro
."eriings u IN" American Society. for
PsvChiCal Research. Prf James declared
hat while ~. ',1r.I in 10. certain. b" - nvlI .
'a-e the rI-S and say these ouwwIu'aa- .
lions " ere real
Personally ! must saw sa'd b. ~ tho |
report. that. although nav" 90 '"u'"a, T
that no crucial proof ~ tu" Tres"Ur" % .
the Will 20 communicate seems 20 ~" .
~ have yielded nv the Hodgsou cNn'ro! .
aSen alone ant m the sitting- 20 which .
have had aCce--. vet the total effect ~ B
he way Of dramatic probability Of the /
whole mass Of similar phenomena On 7
ny mind j. 20 make me r"hev- that a .
will 20 communicate - m some shape .
here | cannot dsrnon=rrar. ~. but 7
PRACTICAL ! am inclined 20 - n for %.
10 ta' on u and tax > the risks
f.w wears ago q lot Of school teachers
and students n Chicago w"r" somewhat
On ahacki whsn PtOf James told them
hat higher education had served 10 XIV"
rim" a H'-n"r edge
Fifty wears ago srhools we-, supposed
'o fre.s - from crime and al forms -
aud evil SAID 10 "" d.
not go m any such SangIins hopes
A. present. for the schools and colleges
merely aggravata tn" evils instead ~
'urng them II - irI. thar b Cher
education has freed ne from IN" more
brutal forms 81 crime. Rat IN" very "iu0a-
ton ItSslf has put oven m"ansr crimes IN
Dur way
The intellect = the servant ~ the
lsi-sl ions and education often naNe- som"
ut"ll,Ct$ only the more aIrplt Iu carving
,uf Their evil tendencies Tins j. ~ean IN
b" ca" ~ MANY c"ll"E" graduates who's"
Mt only serves their PASSIONS
one ~ The commentators On the writ
ngs Of Prof james has said that his
are characterized bv fresh
md entertaining -'yi" and by lucid expo
itinn of ab-tTi4-" themes
His wprk is especially significant In
he field ~ analytical psychology CON
InUes has writer. IN which James has
cw equals In philosophy hi- work has
l""I confined 70 studies m 'us'lphysIcal
InalysIs uo'Ah" for ke"ur"ss and orig
unl'v hat deficient a. a -V-'.natto
ron from a consistent point -
Jew Tie trend ~ his thought - strongly
i"aliStic. though he id-alism : empirical
y opposed 20 a." ahsOIVf" ldeahsm Of
he Germans