William James

n. (1842-1910) United States psychologist and philosopher, developer of theories of pragmatism, brother of novelist Henry James

For other people named William James see William James (disambiguation) William James (January 11 1842 – August 26 1910) was a pioneering American psychologist and philosopher. He wrote influential books on the young science of psychology, educational psychology, psychology of religious experience and mysticism, and the philosophy of pragmatism. He was the brother of novelist Henry James and of diarist Alice James.
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Noun
1. United States pragmatic philosopher and psychologist (1842-1910)
(synonym) James
(hypernym) psychologist

n. William James (1842-1910), American psychologist

(b. 1842, New York, NY, d. 1910. M.D., Harvard University, 1871). James is bet know for The Principles of Psychology, which is an enormous two volume work that addresses the full spectrum of psychological phenomena discussed in James’ time, including brain function, habit, ‘the automaton-theory’, the stream of thought, the self, attention, association, the perception of time, memory, sensation, imagination, perception, reasoning, voluntary movement, instinct, the emotions, will, and hypnotism.
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