William James
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See also: Pragmatism
- Recommended, by WJ:
- Principles of Psychology
- Pragmatism
- Varieties of Religious Experience [Really a kind of vol. III of the Principles]
- The Will to Believe
- Recommended, about WJ:
- Jacques Barzun, A Stroll with William James. [Biography and exposition of his thought, just on the far side into worship. Good.]
- Lewis Menand, "William James and the Case of the Epileptic Patient", New York Review of Books 30 November 1998
- To read:
- William James on Exceptional Mental States, a reconstruction of hitherto-lost lectures that fall between the Principles and the Varieties.
- Mark Nielsen and R. H. Day, "William James and the Evolution of Consciousness," Journal of Theoretical and Philosophical Psychology 19 (1999): 90--113 [online]
- Perry, Thought and Character of William James
