Reinterpreting the legacy of William James / edited by Margaret E. Donnelly.

Other author Donnelly, Margaret E.
Format Book
Edition1st ed.
Publication InfoWashington, DC : American Psychological Association, ©1992.
Descriptionxxi, 371 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Subjects

Contents Present relevance of James's legacy -- The case for a uniquely American Jamesian tradition in psychology / Eugene Taylor -- Are there unifying trends in the psychologies of the 1990s / Anne Anastasi -- William James and contemporary psychology / Gerald E. Myers -- Celebrating The principles of psychology -- Evolution and revision of the Principles / D. Brett King -- The world we practically live in / Charlene Haddock Siegfried -- William James on the advantages of a pluralistic psychology / Wayne Viney, Cheri L. King, D. Brett King -- Toward a psychology that is radically empirical : recapturing the vision of William James / Donald A. Crosby, Wayne Viney -- A phenomenological reinterpretation of the Jamesian schema for psychology / Amedeo Giorgi -- James's debt to Darwin -- Selection-- James's principal principle / Jonathan Schull -- James's evolutionary epistemology : "Necessary truths and the effects of experience" / William R. Woodward --
Contents Further thoughts on the self -- William James and the psychology of self / M. Brewster Smith -- William James and contemporary research on the self : the influence of pragmatism, reality, and the truth / Michael J. Strube, John H. Yost, James R. Bailey -- Emotion : "Here's what's happened to emotion, Mr. James" -- Silvan Tomkins's theory of emotion / E. Virginia Demos -- William James's other theory of emotion / James R. Averill -- A phenomenological response to James's view of emotion / Damian S. Vallelonga -- A study of emotion in the context of radical empiricism / Wayne Viney --
Contents Selected topics : mining the Jamesian lode -- William James and Gustav Fechner : from rejection to elective affinity / Helmut E. Adler -- William James and instinct theory revisited / Donald A. Dewsbury -- William James : closet clinician / George S. Howard -- William James on the mind and the body / Daniel N. Robinson -- William James and the concept of free will / Joseph F. Rychlak -- William James : pioneering ancestor of modern parapsychology / Gertrude R. Schmeidler -- A centennial note : What would William James say about the American Psychological Association today? / Raymond D. Fowler.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
LCCN 92032729
ISBN1557981809 (pbk.)

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Joyner General Stacks BF109.J28 R445 1992 ✔ Available Place Hold