William James

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author essayist human philosopher pragmatist philosopher psychologist university teacher

William James was an American philosopher and psychologist, a leading figure in pragmatism and functional psychology, and one of the most influential thinkers of the late 19th and early 20th centuries.

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awardReceived Honorary Doctorate from Harvard University ⓘ
surface form: Honorary degree from Harvard University

Honorary degree from Oxford University ⓘ
causeOfDeath heart disease ⓘ
countryOfBirth United States of America ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship United States of America ⓘ
countryOfDeath United States of America ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1842-01-11 ⓘ
dateOfDeath 1910-08-26 ⓘ
describedAs one of the most influential thinkers of the late 19th and early 20th centuries ⓘ
educatedAt Harvard University ⓘ
employer Harvard University ⓘ
familyName James ⓘ
father Henry James Sr. ⓘ
fieldOfWork epistemology ⓘ
functional psychology ⓘ
philosophy ⓘ
philosophy of religion ⓘ
pragmatism ⓘ
psychology ⓘ
psychology of religion ⓘ
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influenced Alfred North Whitehead ⓘ
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Alfred North Whitehead ⓘ
Bertrand Russell ⓘ
John Dewey ⓘ
Ludwig Wittgenstein ⓘ
W. E. B. Du Bois ⓘ
influencedBy Charles Sanders Peirce ⓘ
David Hume ⓘ
Immanuel Kant ⓘ
John Stuart Mill ⓘ
languageSpoken English ⓘ
memberOf American Psychological Association ⓘ
movement functional psychology ⓘ
pragmatism ⓘ
nativeLanguage English ⓘ
notableIdea James–Lange theory of emotion ⓘ
pluralistic universe ⓘ
pragmatic theory of truth ⓘ
radical empiricism ⓘ
stream of consciousness ⓘ
will to believe doctrine ⓘ
notableWork Essays in Radical Empiricism ⓘ
Pragmatism: A New Name for Some Old Ways of Thinking ⓘ
Psychology: Briefer Course ⓘ
Talks to Teachers on Psychology ⓘ
The Principles of Psychology ⓘ
The Varieties of Religious Experience ⓘ
The Will to Believe and Other Essays in Popular Philosophy ⓘ
philosophicalSchool pragmatism ⓘ
Empiricism ⓘ
surface form: radical empiricism
placeOfBirth New York City ⓘ
placeOfDeath Chocorua, New Hampshire ⓘ
positionHeld President of the American Philosophical Association ⓘ
President of the American Psychological Association ⓘ
Professor of Philosophy at Harvard University ⓘ
Professor of Psychology at Harvard University ⓘ
religion Protestantism ⓘ
sexOrGender male ⓘ
sibling Alice James ⓘ
Henry James ⓘ
spouse Alice Howe Gibbens ⓘ

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Ralph Waldo Emerson → influenced → William James ⓘ
Henry James → sibling → William James ⓘ
Alfred North Whitehead → influencedBy → William James ⓘ
Hollis Hall → hasNotableResident → William James ⓘ
John Dewey → influencedBy → William James ⓘ
Blaise Pascal → influenced → William James ⓘ
William James → fullName → William James self-link ⓘ
William James College → namedAfter → William James ⓘ
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Clarence Irving Lewis → influencedBy → William James ⓘ
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Human Nature and Conduct → influencedBy → William James ⓘ
Logic: The Theory of Inquiry → influencedBy → William James ⓘ
Charles Sanders Peirce → influenced → William James ⓘ
Richard Rorty → influencedBy → William James ⓘ
George Herbert Mead → influencedBy → William James ⓘ
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Pascal's wager → criticizedBy → William James ⓘ
1889 Cleveland Street scandal → involves → William James ⓘ
G. Stanley Hall → doctoralAdvisor → William James ⓘ
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Principles of Physiological Psychology → influenced → William James ⓘ
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The Principles of Psychology → author → William James ⓘ
The Will to Believe and Other Essays in Popular Philosophy → author → William James ⓘ
The Varieties of Religious Experience → author → William James ⓘ
Pragmatism: A New Name for Some Old Ways of Thinking → author → William James ⓘ
Essays in Radical Empiricism → author → William James ⓘ
Talks to Teachers on Psychology → author → William James ⓘ
Psychology: Briefer Course → author → William James ⓘ
James–Lange theory of emotion → namedAfter → William James ⓘ
James–Lange theory of emotion → proposedBy → William James ⓘ
William James Book Award → namedAfter → William James ⓘ
An Idealist View of Life → influencedBy → William James ⓘ
Alice Howe Gibbens → partnerInIntellectualWorkWith → William James ⓘ