Religion And Neurology by William James
Story type: EssayIt is with no small amount of trepidation that I take my place behind this desk, and face this learned audience. To us Americans, the experience of recei …
William James
William James (January 11, 1842 – August 26, 1910) was an American philosopher and psychologist, and the first educator to offer a psychology course in the United States. James is considered to be a leading thinker of the late nineteenth century, one of the most influential philosophers of the United States, and the “Father of American psychology”.
Circumscription Of The Topic by William James
Story type: EssayMost books on the philosophy of religion try to begin with a precise definition of what its essence consists of. Some of these would-be definitions may p …
The Reality Of The Unseen by William James
Story type: EssayWere one asked to characterize the life of religion in the broadest and most general terms possible, one might say that it consists of the belief that th …
The Religion Of Healthy Mindedness by William James
Story type: EssayIf we were to ask the question: “What is human life’s chief concern?” one of the answers we should receive would be: “It is happiness.” How to gain, how …
The Sick Soul by William James
Story type: EssayAt our last meeting, we considered the healthy-minded temperament, the temperament which has a constitutional incapacity for prolonged suffering, and in …
The Divided Self, And The Process Of Its Unification by William James
Story type: EssayThe last lecture was a painful one, dealing as it did with evil as a pervasive element of the world we live in. At the close of it we were brought into f …