Michael G. Johnson, Tracy B. Henley

Reflections on the Principles of Psychology (eBook, PDF)

William James After A Century
Redaktion: Henley, Tracy; Johnson, Michael

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

This important volume looks back to 1890 and -- 100 years later -- asks some of the same questions William James was asking in his Principles of Psychology. In so doing, it reviews our progress toward their solutions. Among the contemporary concerns of 1990 that the editors consider are: the nature of the self and the will, conscious experience, associationism, the basic acts of cognition, and the nature of perception. Their findings: Although the developments in each of these areas during the last 100 years have been monumental, James' views as presented in the Principles still remain viable and provocative.

To provide a context for understanding James, some chapters are devoted primarily to recent scholarship about James himself -- focusing on the time the Principles was written, relevant intellectual influences, and considerations of his understanding of this "new" science of psychology. The balance of this volume is devoted to specific topics of particular interest to James. One critical theme woven into almost every chapter is the tension between the role of experience (or phenomenological data) within a scientific psychology, and the viability of a materialistic (or biologically reductive) account of mental life. Written for professionals, practitioners, and students of psychology -- in all disciplines.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis eBooks
• Seitenzahl: 344
• Erscheinungstermin: 15. April 2013
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781134990016
• Artikelnr.: 40186360

Autorenporträt

Michael G. Johnson, Tracy B. Henley

Inhaltsangabe

Contents: R. Brown
Foreword. M.G. Johnson
T.B. Henley
Preface. T.B. Henley
M.G. Johnson
Introduction. R.B. Evans
William James and His Principles.E. Taylor
New Light on the Origin of William James' Experimental Psychology. A. Giorgi
The Implications for James' Plea for Psychology as a Natural Science. M. Henle
William James and Gestalt Psychology. D.E. Leary
William James on the Self and Personality: Clearing the Ground for Subsequent Theorists
Researchers
and Practitioners. J.C. Malone
Jr.William James and Habit: A Century Later. H.F. Crovitz
Association
Cognition and Neural Networks. S. Park
S.M. Kosslyn
Imagination. I. Rock
A Look Back at James' Theory of Perception. E.S. Reed
Space Perception and the Psychologist's Fallacy in James' Principles.R. Baenninger
Consciousness and Comparative Psychology. H.R. Pollio
The Stream of Consciousness Since James. J. Deese
James on the Will.