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William James

Late 19th/Early 20th Century

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William James (1842-1910) was an American philosopher and psychologist, a leading thinker of the late 19th and early 20th centuries. He was a pioneering figure in the development of psychology as a distinct discipline in the United States and a founder of the philosophical school of pragmatism. His work profoundly influenced both academic thought and popular understanding of mind, religion, and human experience.

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WORKS

The Principles of Psychology
The Will to Believe and Other Essays
The Varieties of Religious Experience
Pragmatism: A New Name for Some Old Ways of Thinking
The Meaning of Truth
A Pluralistic Universe
Essays in Radical Empiricism

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