Essays in Psychical Research (Hardcover, New Ed)

The more than fifty articles, essays, and reviews in this volume, collected here for the first time, were published by William James over a span of some twenty-five years. The record of a sustained interest in phenomena of a highly controversial nature, they make it amply clear that James's work in psychical research was not an eccentric hobby but a serious and sympathetic concern. James was broad-minded in his approach but tough-minded in his demand that investigations be conducted in rigorous scientific terms. He hoped his study of psychic phenomena would strengthen the philosophy of an open-ended, pluralistic universe that he was formulating during the same period, and he looked forward to the new horizons for human experience that a successful outcome of his research would create.

Robert A. McDermott, in his Introduction, discusses the relation of these essays to James's other work in philosophy, psychology, and religion.

General

Imprint:	Harvard University Press
Country of origin:	United States
Series:	The Works of William James
Release date:	November 1986
First published:	November 1986
Authors:	William James
Introduction by:	Robert A. McDermott
Dimensions:	235 x 156 x 51mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	728
Edition:	New Ed
ISBN-13:	978-0-674-26708-4
Categories:	Books > Social sciences > Psychology > Parapsychological studies
LSN:	0-674-26708-7
Barcode:	9780674267084

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