Search Results - William James
| Type in a word or phrase to search, you can also type in Article ID's separated by commas: |
 |
|
|
William James (January 11, 1842 – August 26, 1910) was a pioneering American psychologist and philosopher trained as a medical doctor. 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. William James was born at the Astor House in New York City. He was the son of Henry James Sr., an independently wealthy and notoriously eccentric Swedenborgian theologian well acquainted with the literary and intellectual elites of his day. The intellectual brilliance of the James family milieu and the remarkable epistolary talents of several of its members have made them a subject of continuing interest to historians, biographers, and critics. James interacted with a wide array of writers and scholars throughout his life, including his godfather Ralph Waldo Emerson, as well as Bertrand Russell, Horace Greeley, William Cullen Bryant, Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr., Charles Peirce, Josiah Royce, George Santayana, Ernst Mach, John Dewey, W. E. B. Du Bois, Helen Keller, Mark Twain, Horatio Alger, Jr., James George Frazer, Henri Bergson, H. G. Wells, G. K. Chesterton, Sigmund Freud, Gertrude Stein, and Carl Jung. William James, with his younger brother Henry James (who became a prominent novelist) and sister Alice James (who is known for her posthumously published diary), received an eclectic trans-Atlantic education, developing fluency in both German and French languages along with a cosmopolitan character. His family made two trips to Europe while he was still a child, setting a pattern that resulted in thirteen more European journeys during his life. His early artistic bent led to an early apprenticeship in the studio of William Morris Hunt in Newport, Rhode Island, but yielded in 1861 to scientific studies at Harvard University's Lawrence Scientific School.
|
Showing 1 to 6 of 6 Articles matching 'William James' in related articles. |
| Pages: 1 |
 |
|
|
|
1. Bowler hat
October 20, 2008
The bowler hat, also known as a derby (US) or billycock[1], is a hard felt hat with a rounded crown originally created in 1849 for Edward Coke, the younger brother of the 2nd Earl of Leicester. The bowler hat was devised in 1849 by the London hatmakers Thomas and William Bowler to fulfil an order placed by the firm of hatters Lock & Co. of St. James's, a company established in 1676 which is still in business. Lock & Co. had been commissioned by a customer to design a close-fitting, low-crowned hat to protect his gamekeepers' heads from low-hanging branches while on horseback. The keepers had ... (read more)
Author: Y M
|
|
|
|
|
2. Who are carbon Silicon?
October 16, 2008
What do great music legends do after the band that launched their career becomes defunct? Continue making great music, of course. British Punk legends Mick Jones, former guitarist for The Clash, and former Generation X bassist Tony James, have been recording and releasing as Carbon Silicon since 2002. Their initial line up consisted of Jones and James backed up by William Blake on bass and Danny the Red, on drums, during 2004-2005. However Carbon Silicon's line up changed in 2007 with Dominic Greensmith, formerly of Reef, taking over the drums and Leo 'Easykill' Williams providing bass guitar... (read more)
Author: Peter Ruppert
|
|
|
|
|
3. A Look At Fear And Reason
October 15, 2008
"In civilized life it has at last become possible for large numbers of people to pass from the cradle to the grave without ever having had a pang of genuine fear. Many of us need an attack of mental disease to teach us the meaning of the word." William James.
We have all heard the seemingly discriminating remarks that fear is normal and abnormal, and that normal fear is to be regarded as a friend, while abnormal fear should be destroyed as an enemy.
The fact is that no so called normal fear can be named which has not been clearly absent in some people who have had every cause there... (read more)
Author: Joan Shine
|
|
|
|
|
4. Hotels in Canada
September 08, 2008
Majestic Landscape, spellbound beauty and a plethora of multilingual heterodoxy, is what one encounters when he travels to Canada. Canada is known for its geographical and culture diversity because of there fusion of the cultures by the British, France and the USA. Canada as a travel destination entices you with mysticism, and which such grandeur, resplendent Canada is reveling in all the attention. Hotels in Canada have all the ingredients to quench your thirst of a memorable tourist destination. If you are an exuberant traveler then the Hotels in Canada will stupefy you with there, magnifi... (read more)
Author: James william
|
|
|
|
|
5. How Fear And Reason Can Have An Impact
August 22, 2008
"In civilized life it has at last become possible for large numbers of people to pass from the cradle to the grave without ever having had a pang of genuine fear. Many of us need an attack of mental disease to teach us the meaning of the word." William James.
We have all heard the seemingly discriminating remarks that fear is normal and abnormal, and that normal fear is to be regarded as a friend, while abnormal fear should be destroyed as an enemy.
The fact is that no so called normal fear can be named which has not been clearly absent in some people who have had every cause there... (read more)
Author: John Samson
|
|
|
|
|
6. The Private Investigator: Highlighting the Pinkertons
July 30, 2008
When Jesse James and his Wild Bunch had finally robbed one bank too many, Allan Pinkerton and his son William stepped up to exert a very terrifying pressure upon the outlaws. Intelligent, incredibly tenacious, physically powerful, fearless, and with an almost fanatical devotion for the laws of their land, they were without a doubt two of America’s greatest detectives. Allan Pinkerton founded his private investigation agency in 1850 and can be described as the nation’s first civilian FBI-like agency. The Pinkertons were pioneers in the field of criminology and pursued Jesse James and his fe... (read more)
Author: Audry Grant
|
|
|
|
|
