William James: His Life and Thought
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| Rating | : | 4.36 (526 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0300089171 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 649 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2013-06-25 |
| Language | : | English |
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Larry J. Crockett said most comprehensive tour of James's Ideas. I have made an intensive study of pragmatism in general and James in particular over the last several years, so I have built a large library in the process and read many of them. Some are more accessible and certainly quicker reads since this is a 600-page book. And I found parts of Myers' exploration of James's psychology a little tedious--partly because I am a little less interested in the details of James's psychology. But the rest of the book is simply extraordinary. In parti
Gerald Myers traces William James's life and career and then uses this biographical information to illuminate his writings and ideas.. A comprehensive interpretative and critical study of one of America's foremost philosophers and psychologists
. Copyright 1988 Reed Business Information, Inc. Illustrated. From Publishers Weekly "Here, written in a Jamesian spirit of intelligent openmindedness and including fresh biographical material, is the first critical study of his thought in its entire and amazing range," praised PW of this "lucid exposition," which "leaves the reader impressed anew" with the notable James