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.

Statements (70)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	author → essayist → human → philosopher → pragmatist philosopher → psychologist → university teacher →
awardReceived	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 →
fullName	William James →
givenName	William →
influenced	A. N. Whitehead → 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 → 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 →

Referenced by (27)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Alfred North Whitehead → Clarence Irving Lewis → Democracy and Education → Experience and Nature → Gertrude Stein → Human Nature and Conduct → John Dewey → Logic: The Theory of Inquiry → Percy W. Bridgman →	influencedBy
Bergsonianism → Blaise Pascal → Henri Bergson → Henry James Sr. → Ralph Waldo Emerson → Ralph Waldo Emerson → The Principles of Psychology (Spencer) →	influenced
Alice James → Henry James →	sibling
Mary Walsh James →	child
Henry James Sr. →	fatherOf
William James →	fullName
Henry James Sr. →	hasChild
Hollis Hall →	hasNotableResident
William James College →	namedAfter
Mary Walsh James →	notableRelative
Alice James →	relative
Horace M. Kallen →	studentOf