William James

27 Feb 2017 16:30

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Recommended:
• Jacques Barzun, A Stroll with William James. [Biography and exposition of his thought just on the far side of worship. Good.]
• William James
  • Principles of Psychology
  • Pragmatism
  • Varieties of Religious Experience [Really a kind of vol. III of the Principles]
  • The Will to Believe
• Lewis Menand, ``William James and the Case of the Epileptic Patient'' (New York Review, 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
• Jonathan Schull, William James and the Word Wide Web (William James for Our Time) and William James Writ Large