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“Former library book with associated stickers on cover, spine and inside page. Dust jacket has ...
Artist
James, William
Brand
N/A
Date of Publication
19920601
Type
Hardback
EAN
9780940450721
ISBN
0940450720
Publication Name
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Release Title
William James: Writings 1878-1899 (LOA #58) (Library of America)
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Dust Jacket, Ex-Library
Country/Region of Manufacture
United States
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Product Identifiers

Publisher
Library of America, T.H.E.
ISBN-10
0940450720
ISBN-13
9780940450721
eBay Product ID (ePID)
1149628

Product Key Features

Book Title
William James: Writings 1878-1899 (LOA #58) : Psychology: Briefer Course / the Will to Believe / Talks to Teachers and to Students / Essays
Number of Pages
1212 Pages
Language
English
Publication Year
1992
Topic
Movements / Pragmatism, General, American / General, Essays, Philosophy
Illustrator
Yes
Genre
Religion, Philosophy, Literary Collections, Psychology
Author
William James
Book Series
Library of America William James Edition Ser.
Format
Hardcover

Dimensions

Item Height
1.5 in
Item Weight
26.8 Oz
Item Length
8.2 in
Item Width
5.1 in

Additional Product Features

Intended Audience
Trade
LCCN
91-058225
Grade From
Twelfth Grade
Series Volume Number
1
Synopsis
In this Library of America volume are the brilliant, engagingly written works of the early and middle years of William James, a member of America's most illustrious intellectual family. Widely acclaimed as the country's 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. James's 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.") James's new psychology moved away from discussions of the soul, morality, and logic, and focused instead on instinct, will, and the importance of action and habit. Passages comparing human consciousness to "a wonderful stream" inspired the "stream of consciousness" in the future work of Joyce, Woolf, and Gertrude Stein, a student of James's at Harvard. The Will to Believe and Other Essays in Popular Philosophy (1897) advances the argument that each of us has the right to believe in hypotheses that are not susceptible to proof, and that such beliefs might actually change the world. The conversational style of theses essays reflects their origin in public lectures, as well as James's conviction that truth can be discovered as much in the course of everyday life as in the activities of science or of philosophical speculation. Talks to Teachers and to Students (1899), also drawn from lectures, helped transform the emerging science of education. Here James applies his new psychology to classroom theory and conduct, especially for the primary grades. This immensely influential book has never gone out of print. It emphasizes the role in learning of instinct, play, and habit, along with the importance of engaging the voluntary interests of students. James's warm and sympathetic nature informs his treatment of children, who can best be taught by those who respect the child's autonomy and who avoid what he calls "hammering in." "Human Immortality" (1897) defends the possibility of life after death; eight more of James's most important essays round out this volume devoted to a writer called by John Dewey, "almost a Columbus of the inner world." LIBRARY OF AMERICA is an independent nonprofit cultural organization founded in 1979 to preserve our nation's literary heritage by publishing, and keeping permanently in print, America's best and most significant writing. The Library of America series includes more than 300 volumes to date, authoritative editions that average 1,000 pages in length, feature cloth covers, sewn bindings, and ribbon markers, and are printed on premium acid-free paper that will last for centuries.
LC Classification Number
BF109.J28A25 1992

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