Essays on William James

Joyce’s writings are affected by modernism including the text selected here, in which its writing style has modernist features as interior dialogue and the use of ellipses. In his semi-autobiographical novel, the modernist techniques link the character of Stephen to Joyce; the artist himself. Both…

William James (1842-1910) once said, ‘The greatest discovery of my generation is that human beings can alter their lives by altering their attitudes of mind.”, known as the father of American Psychology, James gives us insight into the fact that The Science of Psychology is…

It seems fitting that emotion, a complex and subjective experience, defies clear definition centuries after coming into English use (Scherer, 2005). William James and Carl Lange independently developed the theory that somatic arousal foments the experience of emotion – the James-Lange theory (JLT) of emotion…

William James was an American philosopher and psychologist during the 19th century. As the son of Swedenborgian theologian Henry James Sr., much of William James’s early years had an atmosphere of intellect and spiritual life. As a young adult, he suffered several ailments, physical as…

In 1890, William James made the argument in The Principles of Psychology that ‘intellectual and professional habits’ and ‘personal habits’ are set early in the development of a person, and as such, are almost immutable. James argues that the individual must then take command of…

Pragmatism James and Peirce This essay discusses the philosophical construct known as “pragmatism,” an American school of thought of the 19th Century. Introduction When we use the word “pragmatic” or “pragmatist” today, we generally mean someone who deals in facts, has a realistic grasp of…