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A Short Biography of William James

Author Name:

William James

Born As:

William James

Other Names:

William James

Born:

11 Jan 1842

Died:

26 Aug 1910




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Pragmatist, psychologist and philosopher                          
Selected works:

The Principles of Psychology, 2 vols. - 1890
Psychology - Briefer Course - 1892 
The Will to Believe, and Other Essays in Popular Philosophy - 1897
Human Immortality: Two Supposed Objections to the Doctrine - the Ingersoll Lecture, 1897
The Will to Believe, Human Immortality - 1956
Talks to Teachers on Psychology: and to Students on Some of Life's Ideals - 1899
The Varieties of Religious Experience: A Study in Human Nature - 1902
Pragmatism: A New Name for Some Old Ways of Thinking - 1907
A Pluralistic Universe - 1909
The Meaning of Truth: A Sequel to "Pragmatism" - 1909
Some Problems of Philosophy: A Beginning of an Introduction to Philosophy - 1911
Memories and Studies - 1911
Essays in Radical Empiricism - 1912

Letters of William James, 2 vols. - 1920
Collected Essays and Reviews - 1920
Ralph Barton Perry, The Thought and Character of William James, 2 vols. - 1935 - contains some 500 letters by William James not found in the earlier edition of the Letters of William James
William James on Psychical Research - 1960
The Correspondence of William James, 12 vols. - 1992-2004.