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An Analysis of William James's The Principles of Psychology (Hardcover)
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An Analysis of William James's The Principles of Psychology (Hardcover)
Series: The Macat Library
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The impact of William James's 1890 The Principles of Psychology is
such that he is commonly known as the father of his subject. Though
psychology itself is a very different discipline in the
21st-century, James's influence continues to be felt - both within
the field and beyond. At base, Principles was designed to be a
textbook for what was then an emerging field: a summary and
explanation of what was known at that point in time. As its
continuing influence shows, though, it became far more - a success
due in part to the strength of James's analytical skills and
creative thinking. On the one hand, James was a masterful analyst,
able to break down what was known in psychology, to trace how it
fitted together, and, crucially, to point out the gaps in
psychologists' knowledge. Beyond that, though, he was a creative
thinker, who looked at things from different angles and proposed
inventive solutions and hypotheses. Among his best known was an
entirely new theory of emotion (the James-Lange theory), and the
influential notion of the "stream of consciousness" - the latter of
which has influenced generations of psychologists and artists
alike.
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