Author: William James

In his famous lectures at Oxford University in 1908 and 1909, William James made a sustained and eloquent case against absolute idealism and intell...

With the clarity that James deemed obligatory, Some Problems of Philosophy outlines his theory of perception. The early chapters expose the defects...

Essays in Radical Empiricism shows William James concerned with ultimate reality and moving toward a metaphysical system. The twelve essays origina...

The writings of William James represent one of America's most original contributions to the history of ideas. Ranging from philosophy and psycholo...

Essays in Religion and Morality brings together a dozen papers of varying length to these two themes so crucial to the life and thought of William ...

The Varieties of Religious Experience, first delivered as the Gifford Lectures in Edinburgh, was published in 1902 and quickly established itself a...

This generous omnium-gatherum brings together all the writings William James published that have not appeared in previous volumes of this definitiv...

On the one hundredth anniversary of the death of William James, Robert Richardson, author of the magisterial William James: In the Maelstrom of Ame...

Standing at the crossroads of psychology and religion, this catalyzing work applied the scientific method to a field abounding in abstract theory. ...

In 1865, twenty-three-year-old William James began his studies at the Harvard Medical School. When he learned that one of his most esteemed profess...

'By their fruits ye shall know them, not by their roots.' The Varieties of Religious Experience (1902) is William James's classic survey of religi...

A compelling collection of the life-changing writings of William JamesWilliam James—psychologist, philosopher, and spiritual seeker—is one of those...

A clear, accessible introduction to modern and American thought by the influentual philosopher, psychologist, educator and author William James. Th...