William James


major source: http://moe.cc.emory.edu/~mpajare/james.html
a compilation with major edits and additional sites
... but without the bad code and animated gifs, etc.
 (and not all the links have been checked).
see also the beginnings of  Carl Jung

My Reading list:
  • The Principles of Psychology (1891)
  • The Varieties of Religious Experience (1902)
  • Talks to Teachers on Psychology and Students on Some of Life's Ideals (1899)
  • Pragmatism (1907)
  • The Meaning of Truth (1909)
  • A Pluralistic Universe (1909)
  • Essays in Radical Empiricism

Some biographical sketches
  • Biological Consciousness and the Experience of the Transcendent: William James and American Functional Psychology, an introduction to James by Eugene Taylor.
  • A brief biography written by E. Roubina, University of Calgary.
  • A Biographical Sketch of William James "taken with impudence" from David Wulff's The Psychology of Religion: Contemporary and Classic Views.
  • A brief critical biography of James.
From Talks to Teachers
The Will to Believe
Complete text of the Essays on Radical Empiricism
On The Varieties of Religious Experience: A Study of Human Nature
  • Complete text in a text file.
  • Another version from Marc Fonda.
  • A fine annotated outline by Marc Fonda.
  • The innards of the outline above is available here (with some fine links).
  • A mirrored copy of Marc Fonda's annotated outline.
  • A second set of notes from Marc Fonda - Part 2.
  • This page is from Professor Michael Nielsen of Georgia State University. He has included some excellent annotations and links.
  • A lecture on the Varieties by Ian Johnston.
  • The Science of Religion, a lecture by Russell McNeil.
  • James's Gifford Lectures on Natural Religion, delivered at Edinburgh in 1901-1902, are provided by the Council on Spiritual Practices. As with previous sites, these lectures also comprise the entire text of The Varieties of Religious Experience, but they are very nicely organized.
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