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In this Library of America volume are the brilliant, engagingly written works of the early and middle years of William James, a member of Americas most illustrious intellectual family. Widely acclaimed as the countrys foremost philosopher, the first of its psychologists, and a champion of religious pluralism, his influence on American thought is as strong now as it has ever been. Jamess emphasis on the creative power of faith, will, and action, his opening up of philosophy to the fresh air of ordinary experience, his fascination with alternative forms of belief and states of consciousness, and his impatience with dogmas of any kind all make him a defender of individual experience and earn him a place beside Emerson and Whitman as an exponent of American democratic culture. Psychology: Briefer Course (1892) is far more than a shortened version of his monumental Principles of Psychology . It significantly revises parts of the earlier work and adds important new materials. (Students liked to call the longer book James and the shorter one Jimmy.) Jamess new psychology moved away from discussions of the soul, morality, and logic, and focused instead on instinct, will, and the import

Author

James, William, 1842-1910; Myers, Gerald E. (Gerald Eugene), 1923-2009

Publisher

Random House Publisher Services

Published

1992

Language

EN

ISBN

9780585196244

Subjects

Psychology, Social_sciences