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1	William James: In the Maelstrom of American Modernism more books like this by Robert D Richardson add to wishlist Prize-winning biographer Richardson has written the definitive work on the fascinating William James, whose life and writing put an indelible stamp on psychology, philosophy, teaching, and religion--and on modernism itself. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $4.60! \| first editions \| SVS
2	Ghost Hunters: William James and the Search for Scientific Proof of Life After Death more books like this by Deborah Blum add to wishlist At the close of the 19th century, William James, the great philosopher, a founder of the American Psychological Association and brother of author Henry James, proclaimed his belief in ghosts and embarked on a determined, lifelong pursuit of scientific evidence to prove it. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| first editions \| SVS
3	William James, His Life and Thought more books like this by Gerald E Myers add to wishlist This book is the first comprehensive interpretative and critical study of one of America's foremost philosophers and psychologists. Gerald Myers traces James's life and career and then uses this fresh biographical information to illuminate his writings and ideas. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $19.98! \| first editions \| SVS
4	Creative Mind: An Introduction to Metaphysics more books like this by Henri Louis Bergson add to wishlist "The Creative Mind", the last of Henri Bergson's works to be published, is a masterly autobiography of his philosophical method: how he became a philosopher, why he is a philosopher, and what philosophy must be. These, the man and his work, compose a definite critique of philosophy. Lightning Print On Demand Title see all copies from $3.25! new only from $8.02!** \| first editions \| SVS
5	The Thought & Character of William James more books like this by Ralph Burton Perry add to wishlist When it was originally published in a two-volume edition in 1935, Ralph Barton Perry's magisterial work on William James was greeted with much critical acclaim. A briefer one-volume edition was published in 1947 to serve as both a systematic account of James's development and a repository of selections from his unpublished writings. The one-volume ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $29.07! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
6	A Stroll with William James more books like this by Jacques Barzun add to wishlist Commenting on William James's life, thought and legacy, Barzun leaves us with a wise and civilized distillation of the great thinker's work. see all copies from $5.31! new only from $12.65! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
7	Varieties of Religion Today: William James Revisited more books like this by Charles Taylor add to wishlist A hundred years after William James delivered the celebrated lectures that became The Varieties of Religious Experience, one of the foremost thinkers in the English-speaking world returns to the questions posed in James's masterplece to clarify the circumstances and conditions of religion in our day. An elegant mix of the philosophy and sociology ... see all copies from $6.49! new only from $9.99! \| SVS
8	Psychology more books like this by Lester Sdorow add to wishlist Provides a clearly written introduction to the field of psychology. With examples and anecdotes this text emphasizes the science of psychology and relates it to everyday life. This edition includes a new human development chapter and more emphasis on cross-cultural psychology. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $12.95! \| first editions \| SVS
9	Character & Opinion in the United States more books like this by Professor George Santayana add to wishlist CHARACTER amp OPINION IN THE UNITED STATES WITH REMINISCENCES OF WILLIAM JAMES AND JOSIAH ROYCE AND ACADEMIC LIFE IN AMERICA BY GEORGE SANTAYANA LATE PROFESSOR OF PHILOSOPHY IN HARVARD UNIVERSITY PREFACE THE major part of this book is composed of lectures originally addressed to British audiences. I have added a good deal, but I make no apology, ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $14.67! \| first editions \| SVS
10	Lions at Lamb House: Freud's Lost Analysis of Henry James more books like this by Edwin M Yoder, Jr. add to wishlist In 1908, an Austrian psychiatrist visits southern England at the urgent request of a Boston colleague, who fears his brothers intention to rewrite his early novels may be the sign of debilitating neuroses. Over ten days, the worlds of psychology and literature collide. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| signed copies \| SVS
11 view cover	The Cambridge Companion to William James more books like this by Ruth A Putnam (Editor) add to wishlist William James (1842-1910) was both a philosopher and a psychologist, nowadays most closely associated with the pragmatic theory of truth. The essays in this Companion deal with the full range of his thought as well as other issues, including technical philosophical issues, religious speculation, moral philosophy and political controversies of his ... see all copies from $29.00! new only from $33.69! \| first editions \| SVS
12	Fulbright the dissenter more books like this by Haynes Johnson, Bernard M. Gwertzman add to wishlist see all copies from $1.99! first editions \| SVS
13 view cover	The Philosophy of William James: An Introduction more books like this by Richard M Gale add to wishlist This is an accessible introduction to the full range of the philosophy of William James. It portrays that philosophy as containing a deep division between a Promethean type of pragmatism and a passive mysticism. The pragmatist James conceives of truth and meaning as a means to control nature and make it do our bidding. The mystic James eschews ... see all copies from $2.54! new only from $2.54! \| first editions
14 view cover	Becoming William James more books like this by Howard M Feinstein add to wishlist For William James work was the problem. Ultimately, going to work was the resolution, and James's quest for meaningful work remains as relevant at the end of the twentieth century as it was in the nineteenth. Weaving letters, diaries, drawings, and published texts, Becoming William James provides a convincing biographical analysis rich in detail ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
15 view cover	Manhood at Harvard: William James and Others more books like this by Kim Townsend add to wishlist Kim Townsend examines the concept of manhood popularized in the United States in general, and at Harvard in particular, during the late 19th century. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $8.00! \| first editions \| SVS
16 view cover	Genuine Reality: A Life of William James more books like this by Linda Simon add to wishlist A biography of William James, the American philosopher and educator who founded the pragmatic school of philosophy and pioneered the study of psychology in America. A "New York Times" Notable Book for 1998. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| first editions \| SVS
17 view cover	The Dark Sister more books like this by Rebecca Goldstein, Ph.D. add to wishlist Goldstein (The Mind-Body Problem; The Late-Summer Passion of a Woman of Mind) has cleverly constructed a highly imaginative tale that commands close analysis. Hedda, a grotesque, tormented author of angry feminist novels, has exiled herself to a gloomy New England house, where her grim solitude is interrupted only by phone calls from her silly but ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $3.98! \| first editions \| SVS
18 view cover	Exploring Unseen Worlds: William James and the Philosophy of Mysticism more books like this by G William Barnard add to wishlist Demonstrates convincingly the extent to which psychological and philosophical perspective continue to be a resource for those specifically interested in the study mysticism. A critically sophisticated, yet gripping, immersion the inner worlds of one of America's foremost thinkers. Exploring Unseen Worlds is a critically sophisticated, yet gripping ... see all copies from $23.00! new only from $26.95!
19 view cover	The diary of Alice James more books like this by Alice James add to wishlist The unknown sister of novelist Henry James, Jr. shows herself to be a formidable individual in her own right. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $26.99! \| first editions \| SVS
20 view cover	Self, God and Immortality: A Jamesian Investigation more books like this by Eugene Fontinell add to wishlist In light of modern scientific, intellectual and experimental revolutions, can we still believe that as individuals we are immortal? Can we even hope so? Examining relations between faith and reason, is there any reason for faith? These are the key questions in this study in philosophical theology. see all copies from $3.65! new only from $38.89! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
21 view cover	William James Remembered more books like this by Linda Simon (Editor) add to wishlist Contributions by 25 people create a complex portrait of William James as a brother, father, philosopher, psychologist, teacher, and friend. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $5.98! \| first editions \| SVS
22 view cover	William James and Other Essays on the Philosophy of Life more books like this by Josiah Royce add to wishlist see all copies from $6.00! new only from $21.73! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
23 view cover	William James's "Springs of Delight": The Return to Life more books like this by Phil Oliver add to wishlist This enterprising book, written in the spirit of William James, urges our appreciation of the intensely personal character of spiritual transcendence. Phil Oliver's work has important implications for specialists concerned with the Jamesian concept of "pure experience," and it illuminates significant interdisciplinary ties among philosophy, ... see all copies from $5.39! new only from $7.98! \| first editions
24 view cover	The Dynamic Individualism of William James more books like this by James O Pawelski add to wishlist Explores James's concept of the individual in terms of philosophy, psychology, and physiology. see all copies from $18.95! new only from $18.95! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
25 view cover	Science and Religion in the Era of William James: Volume 1, Eclipse of Certainty, 1820-1880 more books like this by Paul Jerome Croce add to wishlist In this cultural biography, Paul Croce investigates the contexts surrounding the early intellectual development of American philosopher William James (1842-1910). Croce places the young James at the center of key scientific and religious debates in American intellectual life between the 1820s and 1870s. Early in the nineteenth century, most ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99!

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