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This is Part I of a fascinating insight into the history of psychological theory by American psychologist William James. "The Principles of Psychology" will appeal to those with an interest in the history and development of modern psychology and related techniques. Contents Include: "The Scope of Psychology", "The Functions of the Brain", "On Some General Conditions of Brain-Activity", "Habit", "The Automaton-Theory", "The Mind-stuff Theory", "The Methods and Snares of Psychology", "The Relations of Minds to Other Things", "The Stream of Thought", "The Consciousness of Self", etc. Many vintage…mehr

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This is Part I of a fascinating insight into the history of psychological theory by American psychologist William James. "The Principles of Psychology" will appeal to those with an interest in the history and development of modern psychology and related techniques. Contents Include: "The Scope of Psychology", "The Functions of the Brain", "On Some General Conditions of Brain-Activity", "Habit", "The Automaton-Theory", "The Mind-stuff Theory", "The Methods and Snares of Psychology", "The Relations of Minds to Other Things", "The Stream of Thought", "The Consciousness of Self", etc. Many vintage books such as this are increasingly scarce and expensive. It is with this in mind that we are republishing this volume now in an affordable, modern, high-quality edition complete with a specially-commissioned new biography of the author.
Autorenporträt
William James was an American philosopher, historian, and psychologist. He was born on January 11, 1842, and died on August 26, 1910. He was the first teacher in the United States to teach a psychology course. James and Charles Sanders Peirce started the philosophical school called pragmatism, and James is also considered one of the founders of functional psychology. James studied medicine, physiology, and biology, and he started teaching in those fields. However, he was drawn to the scientific study of the human mind at a time when psychology was becoming a science. James's knowledge of the work of people like Hermann Helmholtz in Germany and Pierre Janet in France helped him get scientific psychology classes started at Harvard University. In the 1875-1876 school year, he taught his first experimental psychology class at Harvard.