The heart of William James
By: edited and with an introduction by Robert Richardson
Contributors: Richardson, Robert D., 1934-
Publisher: Belknap Press of Harvard University Press
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Cambridge, Mass
Language: eng
Number of pages: 342
ISBN-13: 9780674055612
Subjects: Philosophy; Psychology
Description: A selection of seventeen essays from the writings of pioneering American psychologist/philosopher William James that provide insight into his thinking on emotion, war, habit, determinism, religion, and other topics.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: What is an emotion?; title: The dilemma of determinism; title: The perception of reality; title: The hidden self; title: Habit; title: The will; title: The gospel of relaxation; title: On a certain blindness in human beings; title: What makes a life significant; title: Philosophical conceptions and practical results; title: The Philippine tangle; title: The sick soul; title: The Ph. D. octopus; title: Does "consciousness" exist?; title: The energies of men; title: Concerning Fechner; title: The moral equivalent of war.