William James

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See also: Pragmatism

Recommended, by WJ:
• Principles of Psychology
• Pragmatism
• Varieties of Religious Experience [Really a kind of vol. III of the Principles]
• The Will to Believe

Recommended, about WJ:
• Jacques Barzun, A Stroll with William James. [Biography and exposition of his thought, just on the far side into worship. Good.]
• Lewis Menand, "William James and the Case of the Epileptic Patient", New York Review of Books 30 November 1998

To read:
• William James on Exceptional Mental States, a reconstruction of hitherto-lost lectures that fall between the Principles and the Varieties.
• Mark Nielsen and R. H. Day, "William James and the Evolution of Consciousness," Journal of Theoretical and Philosophical Psychology 19 (1999): 90--113 [online]
• Perry, Thought and Character of William James

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